Dish

Design ca. 1734-1737; dish ca. 1747-1750

The Dutch East India Company commissioned designs from Dutch artist Cornelius Pronck (1691–1759) that could be copied on export porcelain. This dish has one of Pronk’s most popular designs of a lady with parasol.

Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue, overglaze enamels, and gilt

1 x 9 1/16in. (2.6 x 23 cm)

Gift of Victor and William Staadecker in memory of their sister, Elizabeth Staadecker

74.4

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, apan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum, Oct. 7, 2007 - Jan. 8, 2008.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Chronicles of a Global East, Oct. 20, 2022 - Oct. 22, 2023.

Published ReferencesShirahara, Yukiko. "Japan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, pl. 144, p. 179, illus. det. p. 164

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