A Pronk ‘Dame au Parasol’ Plate Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with ’La Dame au Parasol’ after a design by Cornelis Pronk, finely painted in the center with a scene of an oriental lady walking shaded by a parasol being held by her attendant walking behind her, the lady is gesturing to four waterfowl standing by a grassy bank, the background with reeds and aquatic vegetation, all within a narrow band of rosettes and flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb pattern ground, the reverse with seven flying insects in underglaze blue. Period: Qianlong (1736-1795), ca. 1736‑1738. Diameter: 24 cm.