A pair of Chinese Imari 'Dame au Parasol' plates
Circa 1735
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with 'La Dame au Parasol' after a design by Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another lady before water-fowl standing by a grassy bank, within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb pattern ground, the reverse with insects in underglaze blue
25.2 cm. diam. (2)
A pair of Chinese Imari 'Dame au Parasol' plates
Circa 1735
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with 'La Dame au Parasol' after a design by Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another lady before water-fowl standing by a grassy bank, within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb pattern ground, the reverse with insects in underglaze blue
25.2 cm. diam. (2)
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