Chocolate beaker and saucer

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

ca. 1735 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Naturalistic flower painting was outstanding at Du Paquier because of the careful use of different techniques to distinguish the textures of flowers, fruits, gourds, reptiles, and small mammals. Fruits such as peaches and grapes were often painted with dots of color, in the miniaturist style that was a specialty of the manufactory; the gnarled skin of melons and gourds was enhanced by fine lines in black ink.

Artist

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

Date

ca. 1735

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995