Plate
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
Austrian, Vienna
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.539
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite plate, crafted around 1730 at the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory the Claudius Innocentius du Paquier period, exemplifies European mastery of hard-paste porcelain. Measuring 8⅜ inches in diameter, this Austrian treasure from the European Sculpture and Decor Arts collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art was using the same vitrified, translucent clay formula that had long been a Chinese secret. The Du Paquier factory, one of the continent's pioneers outside Meissen, achieved this breakthrough under imperial privilege, marking a pivotal moment in the 18th-century race to rival Eas...