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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...

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...

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...

Boy in a cart drawn by a unicorn,                      
oriental sorceress with parrot.                        
1930
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Boy in a cart drawn by a unicorn, oriental sorceress with...

Plate with dragon pattern, Meissen,1730.               
Two red dragons on the rim, between them the           
Buddhist knot,symbol for a long life.                  
Center:a pair of phoenix-birds.
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Plate with dragon pattern, Meissen,1730. Two red dragons on the r...

Bowl with lid; Fenced-in garden with phoenix-bird.     
On the lid a lotus bud. Meissen, around 1730.
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Bowl with lid; Fenced-in garden with phoenix-bird. On the lid a lotus bud....

Bowl with Chinoiserie-ornaments,gold and blue.         
Meissen, 1760-70
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Bowl with Chinoiserie-ornaments,gold and blue. Meissen, 1760-70

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous     
quadruped with twelve metal bars resting on pegs which 
pass through them. From Java, Indonesia.               
11 x 47 cm       Inv. 59-12-28-200
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Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous quadruped with twelve me...

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with     
monster's head. Seven metal bars. From Java.           
H: 8 cm             Inv. 59-12-28-203
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Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with monster's head. Seven me...