Vase
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory (Austrian, 1718-1744)
c. 1730
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 29.6 × 18.1 cm (11 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Vienna
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Mrs. DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr., Eloise W. Martin, Mrs. Eric Oldberg and European Decorative Arts Purchase funds; Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial, Michael A. Bradshaw and Kenneth S. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley and Jane B. Tripp…
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The principal face of this vase is adorned with two conjoined coats of arms surmounted by a crown. The armorials represent the German families von Er and von Tzöchaw. The molded and applied decoration at the shoulder and lower portion of the vase was probably inspired by relief decoration on contemporary silver. This vase was originally part of a garniture or ensemble of similarly decorated vases meant to be displayed on top of tall cabinets or on mantels.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
