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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...

Meissen plate, arms of Saxony and Poland, flowers and and insects. Tableware made for the Berlin merchant Gotzkowsky. 1745
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Meissen plate, arms of Saxony and Poland, flowers and and insects....

The famous "Swan set" was made only once in Meissen. It was ordered by the influential Primeminister Count Heinrich Bruehl. Swans, white on white, the arms of Count Bruehl and a delicate floral design. The set consisted of over 2.000 pieces. 1737-1741
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The famous "Swan set" was made only once in Meissen. It was ordered by the in...

So-called "shaded flowers" - shadows under the blossoms were simply copied from the etchings and engravings used as models. Insects and beetles on the plates reflect the 18th century's great interest in the natural sciences. 1741/42
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So-called "shaded flowers" - shadows under the blossoms were simply copied from...

"Disturbed in his Sleep", a Nymphenburg white porcelain group. 1756
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"Disturbed in his Sleep", a Nymphenburg white porc...

State table set from Nymphenburg, with more than 2.000 pieces. Tureen probably designed by Anton Bustelli, painter Josef Zaechberger. The delicate flowers with their different shades need several firings. 1760-1765
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State table set from Nymphenburg, with more than 2.000 pieces. Tureen pro...

Nymphenburg coffee pot with peacock. Painter Josef Laerch copied his animals from a book of etchings showing "Birds, particularly poultry" published in Augsburg in 1770.
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Nymphenburg coffee pot with peacock. Painter Josef Laerch cop...

Chinese Emperor. Courtiers surrounding the emperor in red robe and peaked hat with crown. A fallen bust and Chinese dog at the Emperor's feet. Hoechst. 1765
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Chinese Emperor. Courtiers surrounding the emperor in red robe and peaked h...

Octagonal plate and oval tureen from the table set for the pavillion on "Pfaueninsel", the Peacock Island, where Friedrich Wilhelm II, successor of King Friedrich II of Prussia, used to spend his leisure. Exotic birds and butterflies. KPM, 1795
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Octagonal plate and oval tureen from the table set for the pavillion on "Pf...