A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) FIVE-FINGER TULIPIERE

CIRCA 1730-1735

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A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) FIVE-FINGER TULIPIERE
Circa 1730-1735
Of inverted pear-shape, the top issuing five knopped nozzles, painted with a frog, an iris, a caterpillar, a berried branch, a grasshopper, a spider and other small insects and enriched in gilt
7in. (19cm.) high

Provenance

Private European Collection, acquired prior to World War II
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

See Elisabeth Sturn-Bednarczyk, Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, Wiener Porzellan der Frhzeit 1718-1744, Vienna, 1994, no. 38 for a pair of three-fingered vases. A large five-fingered example painted in underglaze blue and dated 12 July 1721 is in the collection of the British Museum (Inv. Nr. F 136).

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