Tulip vase from a garniture

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

ca. 1725 · Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamel, gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This is one of four surviving vases from the most important garniture made by Du Paquier. All have cartouches surrounded by inscriptions that relate to the manufactory. This example is of particular interest as it appears to show Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, seated at a table, contemplating a selection of his porcelain. The Latin inscription translates, “No longer, China, shalt thou say thy arts are unknown / Behold thou shalt be conquered by the European spirit . . . Vienna.”

Artist

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

Date

ca. 1725

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamel, gold

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954