A rare Du Paquier tankard, circa 1730. Photo Bonhams

Painted with a chinoiserie figure holding a parasol flanked by flowering plants issuing from stylised rockwork, the ends of the ear-shaped handle flanked by foliate scrollwork, the rim edged in blue with a iron-red scrollwork around the inside, the inside base with a flower sprig, 19.4cm high. Lot 140. Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 / €3,600 - 6,100 / US$ 4,800 - 8,000

Literature: E. Sturm-Bednarczyk (ed.), Claudius Innocentius du Paquier (1994), no. 40

Bonhams. 23 May 2012 10:30 a.m. London, New Bond Street. Fine Meissen Porcelain from a Private Collection