Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 77
A very rare Du Paquier beaker and saucer, circa 1725-30
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,500
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A very rare Du Paquier beaker and saucer, circa 1725-30
Decorated in imitation of lacquer with a black ground with gilt flower sprigs alternating with gilt-edged reserves painted with Oriental flowers in enamels and gilding, the saucer with a large, similar flower spray, the beaker with an iron-red chrysanthemum to the inside, the gilt-edged rims enclosing iron-red floral borders, incised z to both (some wear) (2)
Footnotes
The only other recorded example of Du Paquier porcelain of this type is a similar beaker and saucer in the British Museum from the collection of Sir A.W. Franks (by 1896); see M. Chilton/C. Lehner-Jobst, Fired by Passion (2009), III, no. 64, where it is noted that the Viennese aristocracy had a special fondness for East Asian lacquerwork, and that small lacquer tables and trays were often combined with porcelain, such as mentioned in the prize lists of the shooting competitions held at the Imperial summer palace of Favorita.
