CIRCA 1725, THE BEAKER WITH TWO IMPRESSED DOTS

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A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) BEAKER AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1725, THE BEAKER WITH TWO IMPRESSED DOTS
Each piece painted with an Oriental figure in long robes holding a staff attached to an elaborate banner or kite, one with a small dragon perched on it, on a terrace with shrubs, with brightly coloured scroll and husk borders and gilt band rims, the reverse of the saucer with two branches of indianische Blumen, with a gilt loop handle (some wear to centre of saucer, beaker with minute wear to handle and rim)

Provenance

With Reichert, Munich, from whom it was acquired on 17th December 1979.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For a teacup and saucer decorated with a related Oriental figure, see Wilhelm Mrazek and Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864 Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna Catalogue (1970), pl. 8, no. 32, and for an ollio-pot and a tankard with related figures, see Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, Wiener Porzellan der Frühzeit 1718-1744 (Vienna, 1994), p. 60, nos. 48 and 49.

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