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Two vinegar-and-oil sets, left Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. In a few years, Meissen perfected the blue under-glaze painting, the cobalt no longer ran under the glaze as it did in earlier pieces. Height left 20.1 cm, right 19 cm (1725-1730)
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Two vinegar-and-oil sets, left Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. In a few...

Meissen vase with Chinese design. King August the Strong had a large collection of Chinese porcelain which he imported at great cost. What he wished his Meissen Manufacture to produce therefore, were his favourite blue under-glaze designs (1723).
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Meissen vase with Chinese design. King August the Strong had a large colle...

Chinese children, as a Meissen vase-painter saw them. The Meissen painters knew China second-hand only, mostly from Chinese porcelain, painted in China to please European customers. This detail comes from the largest Meissen vase of the 18th, 77.5 cm high.
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Chinese children, as a Meissen vase-painter saw them. The Meissen painters kne...

Two large vases, left real Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. The Meissen imitation is from 1722 or 23, and the Saxon painters had not yet completely mastered the technique of under-glaze painting. The blue decor is less firm and intense than in the Chinese model.
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Two large vases, left real Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. The Meissen imi...

A bathing scene on a small, pear-shaped Meissen vase. A rare piece because of its twofold technique: the blue has been painted under the glaze, the coquettish bathing scene put on afterwards over the glaze.
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A bathing scene on a small, pear-shaped Meissen vase. A rare piece because of...

An early floral design in blue on two Meissen vases specially manufactured for King August the Strong (1725-1730).
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An early floral design in blue on two Meissen vases specially manufactured f...

Chinese K'ang-hsi vase, one of the models for Meissen vases and blue under-glaze painting. See also:30-03-01/18
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Chinese K'ang-hsi vase, one of the models for Meissen vases and blue u...