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"Lady with Parasol" plate
Designed by: Cornelis Pronk (Dutch, 1691–1759)
Chinese for export
about 1740
Medium/Technique
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels and gilding
Dimensions
10 in (25.4 cm) diameter
Credit Line
Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen E. Viall
Accession Number2016.564
DescriptionA lady standing before waterbirds as her attendant shades her with a parasol, the border punctuated by alternating reserves decorated with figures and birds.
ProvenanceProbably a private American collection [see note]. January 22, 1998, anonymous sale (sale 8806), Christie’s, New York, lot 52, sold to Gretchen E. Viall (b. 1931 - d. 2016), Providence, RI; by inheritance to her son, William A. Viall III, Providence, RI; 2016, gift of William Viall to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
NOTE: An old, handwritten label on the underside of the plate suggests that it was in an American collection for a number of years before being sold.
NOTE: An old, handwritten label on the underside of the plate suggests that it was in an American collection for a number of years before being sold.