A 'LEAPING PEKINESE' DISH AND A BLUE AND WHITE 'DAME AU PARASOL' SPOON TRAY AFTER CORNELIS PRONK Qianlong The dish decorated in blue enamels with a leaping Pekinese dog to the centre within border panels of parakeets, on an iron red hatch pattern ground; the spoon tray of lobed hexagonal form, decorated with the 'Dame au Parasol' design. The dish 18cm (7 1/8in) diam. (2). Footnotes: 清乾隆 青花躍犬盤及陽傘夫人圖湯匙托盤 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, 2004 (The 'Leaping Pekinese' dish)(collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, May 2013 (the spoon tray)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.200 (the spoon tray) M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.117 (the 'Leaping Pekinese' dish) Howard and Ayers refer to the 'Leaping Pekinese' design as 'The Pekinese and the parrots' and speculate that it may be the work of Cornelis Pronk and his studio, see China for the West, vol. I, London, 1978, p.296. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing