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Tureen and cover
Made by: Du Paquier Factory, Vienna (1718–1744)
Austrian (Vienna)
about 1730–35
Object Place: Vienna, Austria
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Height: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.); Width: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.914a-b
CollectionsEurope
The Viennese factory founded by Claudius du Paquier in 1718 was only the second one in Europe to make true, or hard-paste, porcelain. Decoration for table wares often combined baroque ornament, such as painted trelliswork panels and baldachins (or canopies), with elements inspired by Chinese ceramics-the overscaled knob in the form of a Dog of Fo.
DescriptionSix-sided oval bombé tureen and massive domed cover, the knop modeled as a Dog of Fo, the base in one zone and the cover in two, painted with Chinoiserie figures as various pursuits divided by panels of trellis-work framed with gilding, the Dog of Fo with protruding red tongue, painted in purple, yellow, green and gold
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 191, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)