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MYTOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Oval tureen with lid, with the famous Meissen "onion" design. Two rams' heads form the handles (1730). Height 32 cm
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Oval tureen with lid, with the famous Meissen "onion" design. Two rams...

Meissen fish tureen, handles on body and lid in the form of salamanders. China-blue floral design. (1725) Diameter 22.5 cm
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Meissen fish tureen, handles on body and lid in the form of salamanders. Chi...

A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail from a large Meissen plate. The design is no longer Chinese, but strongly influenced by Japanese masters like Kakiemon. Diameter of entire plate 22.5 cm (1730-1735)
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A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail fro...

Four early Meissen vases with flowers on body and lid and lizards on the vase-shoulders (1725-1730). Height 23.6 cm
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Four early Meissen vases with flowers on body and lid and lizards on t...

Three different Meissen vases, with and without lid, with a rare design of wide ribbons of flowers. On the white fields, birds of prey alternate with "Indian flowers" (1724-1725). Height from left to right 29 cm, 54 cm, 39.3 cm
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Three different Meissen vases, with and without lid, with a rare design of wi...

Chinese K'ang-hsi stoneware. Detail of jar from 30-03-01/27: Chinese Fo-dog as handle of lid. (1662-1722)
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Chinese K'ang-hsi stoneware. Detail of jar from 30-03-01/27: Chinese Fo-...

Detail from a Chinese plate with Chi'lin-dragon. The porcelain painters of Meissen copied such dragons from Chinese originals and invented many variations of their own (1680).
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Detail from a Chinese plate with Chi'lin-dragon. The porcelain painters o...

Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied Chinese dragons, but invented new variations. 1735
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Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied...

The "Flying Dragon". Detail from 30-03-01/31. Meissen (1735)
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The "Flying Dragon". Detail from 30-03-01/31....

Small Meissen dragon, from a table set, called "Fabulous Creatures", painted by Adam Friedrich von Loewenfinck (1735-1736).
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Small Meissen dragon, from a table set, called "Fabulous Creatures", pa...

Another Meissen animal is the "old, rich, yellow lion", called "lion" in Meissen production lists, although the animal is obviously a tiger, winding around a bamboo pole. The "lion" comes from a table set produced in 1728 for the Elector's Court.
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Another Meissen animal is the "old, rich, yellow lion", called "lion" in...

One of the stranger plates to be produced in Meissen is this one, divided between the "Brocade Design" and the "Flying Squirrel" design, another mythical animal copied from Chinese models. 1732
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One of the stranger plates to be produced in Meissen is this one, divided bet...