Lot Essay
For a beaker and stand of similar form, see Meredith Chilton et al., Fired by Passion, Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier (Stuttgart, 2009), Vol. III, p. 1240, no. 92.
CIRCA 1725, INCISED Z TO BEAKER
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A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) BEAKER AND TREMBLEUSE STAND
CIRCA 1725, INCISED Z TO BEAKER
Painted in a greenish-sepia enriched in gilding, the frieze of the beaker with two flowering prunus branches above a reed-moulded lower part, the interior with flower-sprays, the saucer with two flowering prunus branches between flowerheads about a central raised pierced gallery (beaker with two minute rim chips, saucer with two chips to underside of rim, slight flaking to enamels, saucer with wear to centre)
CIRCA 1725, INCISED Z TO BEAKER
Painted in a greenish-sepia enriched in gilding, the frieze of the beaker with two flowering prunus branches above a reed-moulded lower part, the interior with flower-sprays, the saucer with two flowering prunus branches between flowerheads about a central raised pierced gallery (beaker with two minute rim chips, saucer with two chips to underside of rim, slight flaking to enamels, saucer with wear to centre)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 5th July 2004, lot 113
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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