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Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain After Maria Sybille Merian

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Chinese export porcelain blue and white porcelain plates, After Maria Sybille Merian, Pronk Workshop Design, Dutch Market, Circa 1740-45 A pair of blue and white plates with a design after Maria Sybille Merian, probably from the Pronk workshop. The Chinese export underglaze blue porcelain plates are decorated in underglaze blue with baroque scrolls highlighted in gold on the border with an image of flowers and tobacco plants in the central well, after an engraving by the famous Dutch botanist and artist Sybilla Merian. Dimensions: 10 1/16 inches diameter x 1 1/8 inches high The Royal Collection has a remarkable collection of Maria Sybille Merian's work, orginally acquired in 1755 by George III, when Prince of Wales. See A Game of Bowls - Cohen and Cohen, Page 33, #24 for a related and very similar design. For related designs- China for the West. Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, (D.S. Howard & J. Ayers, Philip Wilson Publishers for Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, London 1978), vol. 1, p.304, cat. 298. Christie's pictorial history of Chinese ceramics, (A. du Boulay, Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford 1984), p.233, cat. 15.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1.13 in (2.88 cm)Diameter: 10.07 in (25.58 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Chinese Export (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1740
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Fantastic condition.
  • Seller Location:
    Downingtown, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: NY9667-npim1stDibs: LU861024238622

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