Plaque
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
Austrian, Vienna
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Accession Number
54.147.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate porcelain plaque, created around 1725 during the Claudius Innocentius du Paquier period in Vienna, exemplifies early European mastery of hard-paste porcelain translucent, durable material long perfected in China and first replicated on the continent at Meissen a decade earlier. Du Paquier's Vienna factory, founded in 8 with imperial support, was Austria's pioneering porcelain venture, blending technical innovation with ornate decoration to rival Saxony's output. Measuring just 2⅞ inches in diameter, this petite circular piece was likely intended as a refined decorative object for...
About the Artist
Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period|Vienna ( |Austrian) · |1718 – |1744
|1718–1744