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Saucer
Cornelis Pronk
1740-1745
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Cornelis Pronk (Possible designer)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.062 B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.062 B
Object Name
Saucer
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Cornelis Pronk (Possible designer)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1740-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Black, rounded rectangular paper label with "62" in white lettering
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "1542 REFER + ILLUST/HOWARD + AYERS VOL I/P. 305- GORDON P. 72/SCHEURLER- PL. 92" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "CUP + SAUCER- 4 5/8" DIA./CHINA EXP "TRUMPETER/SERVICE" TWO MOORS/WHITE TRUMPET YELO/FLAG- GOLD HORN/CIRCA- 1740 1542" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.787 (H) x 4.685 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2 (H) x 11.9 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 178, fig. 202, c. 1740.Book: Sargent, William R. 2014 Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection.
• Coffeecup from so-called "Trumpeter Service" very like 2000.0061.062 A: p. 241, no. 93, discussing pattern in some depth, noting the shiny black was achieved by coating flat black enamel with transparent green, known in West as famille noire.Book: Kerr, Rose & Mengoni, Louisa E. 2011 Chinese Export Ceramics.
• Teapot, plate, teabowl & saucer & jug in same pattern: pp. 60-61, no. 78, noting possibly Pronk attribution; pattern known as The Trumpeter.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• A piece of a later service with the Trumpeter design: p. 305, no. 299