Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 79
A very rare Du Paquier pierced circular basket, circa 1735
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,500
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A very rare Du Paquier pierced circular basket, circa 1735
Painted with Oriental flowers in the centre within a gilt- and iron-red border, the finely pierced side embellished with iron-red circles below a zig-zag line border on the inside, and an iron-red floral trellis pattern on the exterior, gilt-edged rim, 12.5cm diam.; 5cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Ernst Blumka (1886-1969), Vienna (to 1938) and London;
Thence by descent to the Eveline Newgas Collection, London
Only two other pierced bowls of this type, which would have contained fruit or other sweet confectionery, are recorded in the literature: one in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (inv. Ke 6098); and another formerly in the Karl Mayer collection (see M. Chilton/C. Lehner-Jobst (eds.), Fired by Passion (2009), cat. no. 351.
