Japanese export Arita porcelain soup plate after the Cornelis Pronk design "La Dame au Parasol," ca. 1738. Depicting a Japanese lady in a kimono attended by…

Japanese export Arita porcelain soup plate after the Cornelis Pronk design "La Dame au Parasol," ca. 1738. Depicting a Japanese lady in a kimono attended by her maidservant holding a paper parasol. The elements of the scene and border are similar to the Chinese version but by a different hand. Illustrated in Howard, "The Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 76, no. 57. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, "Chinese Export Porcelain," 25 January 1989, Lot 222; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Dor

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