Chinese porcelain plate, ‘Arbor’ pattern, Cornelis Pronk, c.1738
£1,650.00
Chinese porcelain plate, c. 1738, Qianlong Period. Hand painted in fencai enamels, with the ‘Arbor’ pattern, after a design by Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk.
The central panel with figures within a topiary garden scene, watching ducks on a river. Having a broad border of cartouches containing insects, flowers and fruit, interspersed with shells on a turquoise cell diaper ground.
Painted to the reverse with a continuous iron red and purple lambrequin border, around an unglazed footrim.
Medium: Porcelain
Height: 2.5 cm, 1”.
Width: 25.7 cm, 10 1/8”.
Condition: Typical minor wear to the enamels. No damage. No restoration.
