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MYTOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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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...

The "Flying Squirrel", another fabulous creature from Chinese porcelain. Detail from 30-03-01/35. 1732
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The "Flying Squirrel", another fabulous creature from Chinese po...

Fish tureen from Meissen. Handles on tureen and lid are goldfish, a Chinese symbol of good luck. The China-blue is painted under the glaze, the other colours are added over the glaze. 1730
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Fish tureen from Meissen. Handles on tureen and lid are goldfish, a Chinese...

Bouillon cup with lid from Meissen. Chinoiserie in gild frame, scene with peacock and flowerbeds. 1730
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Bouillon cup with lid from Meissen. Chinoiserie in gild frame, scene wit...

Meissen bouillon-cup with lid. Handles imitate Chinese forms; scenes on cup and lid are bucolic. 1730
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Meissen bouillon-cup with lid. Handles imitate Chinese forms; scenes on...