Rare tobacco pot with chinoiserie by Du Paquier Rectangular body with recessed corners. On the front of both walls a Chinese man in a blossoming garden landscape in front of a pagoda with a perforated rock. The narrow sides with Indian flowering shrubs in front of a fence. Individual ornaments in the corners. The inner rim with zigzag border. Fine polychrome painting with subtle gold decoration. Remainder; coll. label. H. 11 cm. Further examples with architectural chinoiserie decoration, probably inspired by European engravings and reminiscent of the chinoiseries by J.G. Hoeroldt in Meissen, can be found on a tankard in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (UPM; inv. no. c.78.700) and on an important jug in the MAK in Vienna (inv. no. Ke 4635). Examples of the form are represented in various collections, for example on a tobacco pot with medallions from the Sullivan Collection, West Hartford. Cf. cat. Fired by Passion, Baroque Viennese porcelain from the Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier manufactory, vol. 2, no. 7.61 (tobacco pots), no. 8.53 b (tankards). Vol. 1, 5.46 (jug), vol. 3, cat. no. 170 and 181 as well as no. 370 and 371. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II, formerly in The Zorensky Collection, Bonhams. Fine European Ceramics, 3 Dec 2008 New Bond Street, A Du Paquier tobacco jar, circa 1730. A rare Vienna porcelain tobacco jar painted with chinoiserie decor. Restored. Old sampler label. Austria. Vienna. Du Paquier. Circa 1730.