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Tureen with phoenixes in landscape

Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period Austrian
1725–30
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201
The size of this tureen and the high quality of its painted decoration make it as an exceptional example from the manufactory’s middle period. It is painted in the colors and style of Chinese famille verte porcelains, in which green and red predominate; the phoenix and fence motifs derive from Chinese examples. The distinctive handles in the form of turned wood knobs, which are echoed in the shape of the finial, were a Du Paquier invention.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tureen with phoenixes in landscape
  • Manufactory: Vienna
  • Factory director: Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period (1718–1744)
  • Date: 1725–30
  • Culture: Austrian, Vienna
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 8 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 10 9/16 in. (21 x 31.4 x 26.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.268.281a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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