A PAIR OF EXPORT 'ARBOR PATTERN' PLATES Circa 1740 The central design based on a painting by Cornelis Pronk depicting a lady seated with her attendant beneath a topiary arbor surrounded by four children beside a lotus pond, enclosed within a border of twelve shaped reserves painted with insects, flowers and fruits against a pale green diaper ground incorporating shells and palmettes in iron red, the underside of the rim painted in iron-red and blue enamel with a stylized spearhead border. 9 1/8in (23cm) diam. (2).
A PAIR OF EXPORT 'ARBOR PATTERN' PLATES Circa 1740 The central design based on a painting by Cornelis Pronk depicting a lady seated with her attendant beneath a topiary arbor surrounded by four children beside a lotus pond, enclosed within a border of twelve shaped reserves painted with insects, flowers and fruits against a pale green diaper ground incorporating shells and palmettes in iron red, the underside of the rim painted in iron-red and blue enamel with a stylized spearhead border. 9 1/8in (23cm) diam. (2).
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