Vase with coiling dragon

Vienna

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The artists at Du Paquier were inspired by a wide variety of sources. It is clear from many formal and decorative parallels that the manufactory had access to both Chinese and Japanese porcelain. Du Paquier, however, seldom copied Asian models directly, preferring instead to adapt and “improve” forms and decoration to suit European taste. Here, the Du Paquier artist was inspired by a Chinese porcelain dragon encircling a vase but imbued the dragon with a European character.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art