A pair of Chinese Export IImari 'Dame au parasol' dishes. Qing dynasty, circa 1780. Photo Sotheby's

each with shallow sides rising to a wide and everted rim, decorated to the central interior with Pronk's design, depicting a Chinese lady standing beneath the parasol held by her attendant and observing three water birds near bulrushes, the cavetto with a floral border and the honeycomb-patterned rim reserved with foliate scroll-edged cartouches of water birds alternating with panels of either the lady or her attendant, painted on the underside in underglaze-blue with seven winged insects. 2.0; 23.5cm., 9 1/4 in. Estimate 2,500-3,500 GBP. Lot Sold: 4,000 GBP 

PROVENANCE: Christie's London, 5th January 1995, lot 500

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Londres | 09 Nov 2011 www.sothebys.com