The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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A rare small Pronk 'plume' tea caddy, Qing Dynasty, circa 1740 | 清 約1740年 外銷彩繪小罐

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A rare small Pronk 'plume' tea caddy

Qing Dynasty, circa 1740

清 約1740年 外銷彩繪小罐


of baluster shape, painted around the body with two lavender palmette-shaped plumes highlighted in gilt and reserved on a yellow and black trellis-pattern ground, after a design by Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759)

10.3 cm high

James Stewart Hodgson (1827-1899);
Agatha, Marchioness of Sligo (1866-1965).
Cornilis Pronk was a Dutch draftsman employed by the Dutch East India Company to provide designs for Chinese porcelain between 1734 and 40. A tea service with similar decoration, formerly in the collection of Helena Woolworth McCann, is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 61.64), a single tea bowl and saucer is in the collection of the British Museum (acc. no. Franks. 588.a).