Lot Essay
The decoration is probably based on the designs in John Stalker and George Parker's Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing (London, 1688).
CIRCA 1725-30
Details
A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) CHINOISERIE LARGE TEABOWL
CIRCA 1725-30
Of flared form, painted in a bright palette with an iron-red and gilt pavilion by a fence, an exotic bird between two pierced pink and blue rocks, a bridge beside a willow tree and flowering plants, the interior lappet border with iron-red and gilt half-flowerheads
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1725-30
Of flared form, painted in a bright palette with an iron-red and gilt pavilion by a fence, an exotic bird between two pierced pink and blue rocks, a bridge beside a willow tree and flowering plants, the interior lappet border with iron-red and gilt half-flowerheads
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
John Hayward Collection, London
Stanley Ungar Collection
The Property of a Lady, sale Christie's, New York, 23rd April 1998, lot 207 (part)
Stanley Ungar Collection
The Property of a Lady, sale Christie's, New York, 23rd April 1998, lot 207 (part)
Literature
John F. Hayward, Viennese Porcelain of the du Paquier Period (London, 1952), p. 202 and pl. 12c.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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