A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE ROSE’ PORCELAIN ‘PRONK’ `DOCTOR’S VISIT` SAUCER DISHES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740 清 乾隆粉彩 欧洲人物画盤 Each finely enamelled to the interior after a design by the Dutch artist Cornelius Pronk, with four figures in a garden, encircled in the well by six oval cartouches enclosing fish, divided by ducks and cranes and all reserved on a floret diaper ground (2) Diameter: 19.5 cm After a design by Cornelius Pronk (1691 - 1759) entitled ‘The Doctor’s Visit to the Emperor’ executed in China for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). There are two versions of this design known, one with three figures and one with a fourth figure standing. An original drawing of this design may be found in the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum, (330b). For a similar pair of plates, from the collection of Antoine Lebel, see Christie’s New York, Chinese Export Art Featuring the Hodroff Collection, Part IV, 17TH January 2019, lot 540, which sold for $6,875.