Four Pronk ‘Dame au Parasol’ Plates and a Round Dish Four Chinese Imari Pronk Plates ‘Dame au Parasol’ and a dish, showing a Chinese lady reaching out to three waterbirds standing beside reeds, her attendant shading her with an elaborate parasol, a floral border on the well and the rim with lady and bird cartouches on an iron-red and gilt honeycomb ground, blue insects ’pencilled’ on the reverse. Period: Qianlong (1736-1795), ca. 1738-40. Diameter: 21 and 23.5 cm.