Plate with Scene of Doctors' Visit (Primary Title)

Cornelius Pronk, Dutch, 1691 - 1759 (Designer)

1735–40
Dutch
Porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
Overall: 1 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (4.76 × 24.77 cm)
72.34.1
Not on view
In the mid-1730s, Cornilis Pronk of Amsterdam was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to design a number of ceramics on the subject of life in China. To make this vessel, a white ceramic was produced in Jingdezhen, transferred to Guangzhou for painting, and then shipped to Europe.
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–1795)
None
Special Oriental Art Purchase Fund
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