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Dish (Basin)
Cornelis Pronk
1734-1737
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Cornelis Pronk (Possible design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Arita; Japan; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2011.0012
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
2011.0012
Object Name
Dish (Basin)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Cornelis Pronk (Possible design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Arita; Japan; Asia
Date
1734-1737
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
2.165 (H) x 12.717 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.5 (H) x 32.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Ming and Qing Dynasties.
• Pronk "Parasol Lady" in polychrome enamels with design source: p. 282, no. 328, 1736-38. Compare Japanese dish 2011.0012.Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Chinese porcelain version of this pattern, with similar type border and two women with parasol: December 7, 1999 (Amsterdam) sale, lot 244, c. 1740, of type perhaps inspiring Japanese versions.Catalogue: Motley, William & Cohen & Cohen. 2014 Hit & Myth.
• Fairly in-depth discussion of "Dame au Parasol" design and similarly patterned polychrome enameled plate: p. 70, no. 39, Qianlong period, 1736.Catalogue: Motley, William & Cohen & Cohen. 2014 Hit & Myth.
• Several pieces with Dame au Parasol motif: pp. 72-79, nos. 40-45, including coffeepot, plates, butter dish, and scaloped dish, painted in different details.Book: Impey, Oliver. 2002 Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
• Two Japanese porcelain plates with variations on The Lady with the Parasol pattern: pp. 242-43, nos. 427-28, both 18th century, no. 427 "after 1737," and no. 428 "after 1733." Niether identical to Winterthur's.Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1974 China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange.
• Blue and white and polychrome Chinese export dishes in same pattern with Pronk designs, Japanese and Venetian porcelain versions: pp. 54-57, no. 24, figs. 19-22.