A Du Paquier Jug
Du Paquier, Vienna 1725–30, painted after engravings by Petrus Schenk, 16,5 cm high, scratch mark "Z" or "N"
Provenance: Coll. Dr. Tafel (cat. private print 1983 I no. 18); Valentiner, Wiesbaden; Bednarczyk, Vienna 1967
The chinoiseries on our jug go back to the famous engravings "Nieuwe geinventeerde Sineesen …" (ca. 1720) by Petrus Schenk (II), which Den Blaauwen published in 1966 (Keramos 31 p. 4 ff. leaflet no. 11 and 16)
Comparative jugs: there are two other, similar jugs, which are smaller. Both are from the collection of Lionel Golodetz, Surrey, UK:
- 1st. Coll. Giovanni Lokar, Trieste. (Cat. Sullivan III No. 187 and I p. 350), painted after an engraving by Christoph Weigel)
- 2nd. Coll. Samuel Grober, Evanston, Illinois (Sotheby's New York 11.10.1995 No. 244)