Tureen with lid
| Accession Nr.: | 53.3965.1-2 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Metzsch, Johann Friedrich / "painter (""Hausmaler"")" |
| Manufacturer: | Viennese Porcelain Manufactory (Du Paquier period, 1718-1744) |
| Date of production: |
ca. 1735
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| Materials: | porcelain |
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| Techniques: | gilded; painted in polychrome overglaze; schwarzlot painting |
| Dimensions: |
height: 16 cm
opening diameter: 17 cm
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A splayed cylindrical bowl stands on three feet with relief masks it has a square handle on each side. The domed cover has a conical finial.
The outside of the bowl is decorated with figures (couples) in oriental and European clothes, painted with schwarzlot, in a red and golden frame. The middle of the inside surface shows a sitting male figure in shrub-like scenery, painted with schwarzlot. The figure is placed in a round medallion, framed by gold and red. The cover depicts a couple playing music: the man plays the violin, while the woman plays the lute. It is also decorated with a genre scene in front of ruins, in scenery. The protruding, lobed rim of the bowl and the rim of the cover are decorated with gilt lambrequin and lattice motifs.
Literature
- Szerk.: Lehner-Jobst Claudia: Fired by Passion. Viennese Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. Sullivan Foundation, Stuttgart, 2009. - Vol. 3., Nr. 305.
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.137. (Varga Vera)
- Varga Vera: Bécsi porcelán az Iparművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményében. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1986. - Nr. 16.
