Saucer

Designer After a design by Cornelis Pronk Dutch
ca. 1736–38
Not on view
The Dutch East India Company, which dominated the export of Chinese porcelains to Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, commissioned the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691–1759) to supply designs that could be copied on porcelain intended for export. The drawings were sent to China and Japan from Batavia in 1736. This design of a lady with a parasol was one of Pronk’s most popular compositions, and was employed by Japanese porcelain painters as well.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saucer
  • Designer: After a design by Cornelis Pronk (Dutch, Amsterdam 1691–1759 Amsterdam)
  • Date: ca. 1736–38
  • Culture: Chinese, for Dutch market
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
  • Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1879
  • Object Number: 79.2.587
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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