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Wall Vase

Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factoryc.1730

Gardiner Museum

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

A Vienna Du Paquier lobed semi-circular hanging wall vase, moulded in relief with seven fleur-de-lys and with cisele veins and fringed in iron-red. The remaining surface with stylised branches of indianische Blumen, birds and Laub -und Bandelwerk. The pierced top with a semi-circular and seventeen circular apertures in three sizes and with iron-red scrolls between. There is a lobed and fluted domed semi-circular cover similarly decorated and surmounted by an Asian man in iron-red patterned shirt and striped trousers with a dragon which he is holding by a gilt lead and the tail. The beast is decorated in brown, yellow and green.

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  • Title: Wall Vase
  • Creator: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
  • Date Created: c.1730
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall (G83.1.1220.1-2): 14 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
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