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Fountain (Cistern)
Cornelis Pronk
1734-1740
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
2000.0061.085 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.085 A, B
Object Name
Fountain (Cistern)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Cornelis Pronk (Possible designer)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1734-1740
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Lid, underside
Inscription: Black, rounded rectangular paper label with "89" in white lettering
Type: Label
Location: Lid, underside
Inscription: White, circular paper label with "<typed>CHRISTIE'S/<handwritten, underlined>122/2[?].[??].88" in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Lid, underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4661 REF. + ILLUST./HOWARD + AYERS CHINA/FOR THE WEST/P. 612" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Lid, underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "JAR + COVER- 19" HT/SEATED DIGNITARY [???]/CHINESE LADY. DESIGNED/BY PRONK- FAMILLE ROSE/CIRCA 1740 4661" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Dutch market (Chinese export)
- East India Company (Dutch) association
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
20 (H) x 13 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
50.8 (H) x 33.02 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: pp. 104-105, Fig. 60, 1734-1740.Book: Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Virtually identical example with matching basin: pp. 114-15, no. 018, 1735-40Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 240-41, Fig. 285, c. 1738, discussing strong likelyhood made by Pronk .Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Ming and Qing Dynasties.
• Similar overall shape vase, with different, possibly Pronk enamel decoration: p. 285, no. 331, c. 1740.Electronic: The British Museum. The Prudent Mother (Derby figure). The British Museum 08/23/2022 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1936-0715-40-CR
• Cistern after same Pronk design. 1735-40