Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN FIVE-PIECE 'PRONK' GARNITURE
Circa 1740
Height of beakers 11 1/4 inches (28.5 cm); height of bottle vases 11 3/16 inches (28.4 cm)
Comprising two beakers and three bottle vases, each boldly enameled on both sides with a pink-breasted, long tailed parrot, or macaw, grasping cherries while perched on a swing suspended from a shaped cluster.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Christie's, Amsterdam, 18 November 1997, lot 114, for a five-piece garniture
Christie's, New York, 2 June 1994, lot 408, for a five-piece garniture
Christie's, Amsterdam, 20 November 2000, lot 143, for a pair of beakers
EXHIBITED:
On loan to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 1998-2003, loan accession no. T098.12
CONDITION:
Hair crack in one baluster-form vase, approximately 2 inches from rim, visible mainly on interior; one very small shallow chip to lip to rim of vase with flared mouth, rubbing to gilding throughout
Although the design has been traditionally attributed to the design workshop of Cornelius Pronk and his name has been considered part of the palette's descriptive title, the design probably originated at Meissen.
Sold for $75,000
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN FIVE-PIECE 'PRONK' GARNITURE
Circa 1740
Height of beakers 11 1/4 inches (28.5 cm); height of bottle vases 11 3/16 inches (28.4 cm)
Comprising two beakers and three bottle vases, each boldly enameled on both sides with a pink-breasted, long tailed parrot, or macaw, grasping cherries while perched on a swing suspended from a shaped cluster.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
Christie's, Amsterdam, 18 November 1997, lot 114, for a five-piece garniture
Christie's, New York, 2 June 1994, lot 408, for a five-piece garniture
Christie's, Amsterdam, 20 November 2000, lot 143, for a pair of beakers
EXHIBITED:
On loan to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 1998-2003, loan accession no. T098.12
CONDITION:
Hair crack in one baluster-form vase, approximately 2 inches from rim, visible mainly on interior; one very small shallow chip to lip to rim of vase with flared mouth, rubbing to gilding throughout
Although the design has been traditionally attributed to the design workshop of Cornelius Pronk and his name has been considered part of the palette's descriptive title, the design probably originated at Meissen.
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
