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Bird on flowering branch as symbol of eternal life. Mosaic pavement; 4th century CE
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Bird on flowering branch as symbol of eternal life. Mosaic pavement; 4th centur...

The tree of Life, allegory with birds perched on branches. Mosaic pavement; 4th century CE
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The tree of Life, allegory with birds perched on branches. Mosaic pavement; 4th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Young couple with birdcage in an arbour. Lanz came to Frankenthal from Strassburg, together with Paul Anton Hanong. 1760
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Young couple with birdcage in an arbour. Lanz came to Frankenthal...

Detail from couple with birdcage, 30-03-02/19: the girl's face. Lanz came to Frankenthal from Strassburg, together with the new manufacture's artistic director Paul Anton Hannong. 1760
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Detail from couple with birdcage, 30-03-02/19: the girl's face. Lanz came t...

Hunting scene with partridges and dog. An elegant couple in hunting dress takes a rest in an arbour. From Frankenthal, 1765
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Hunting scene with partridges and dog. An elegant couple in hunting dress...