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An early floral design in blue from a Meissen vase specially manufactured for King August the Strong (1725-1730).
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An early floral design in blue from a Meissen vase specially manufactured f...

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...

Two coffee pots with the popular, blue onion design. Although Meissen manufactured great, solemn, and over-decorated pieces for the King's, the owner's, pleasure and private use, the factory soon began turning out china for bourgeois households. 1730-1740
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Two coffee pots with the popular, blue onion design. Although Meissen manufac...

Two chocolate pots and a cup and saucer with fluted surface under the floral design (1780-1790). Height 16.5 cm, 12.2 cm; diameter of cup 12.8 cm
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Two chocolate pots and a cup and saucer with fluted surface under the...

Meissen vase with Chinese design. King August the Strong had a large collection of Chinese porcelain which he imported at great cost. What he wished his Meissen Manufacture to produce therefore, were his favourite blue under-glaze designs (1723).
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Meissen vase with Chinese design. King August the Strong had a large colle...

Chinese children, as a Meissen vase-painter saw them. The Meissen painters knew China second-hand only, mostly from Chinese porcelain, painted in China to please European customers. This detail comes from the largest Meissen vase of the 18th, 77.5 cm high.
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Chinese children, as a Meissen vase-painter saw them. The Meissen painters kne...

Two large vases, left real Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. The Meissen imitation is from 1722 or 23, and the Saxon painters had not yet completely mastered the technique of under-glaze painting. The blue decor is less firm and intense than in the Chinese model.
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Two large vases, left real Chinese K'ang-hsi, right Meissen. The Meissen imi...

A bathing scene on a small, pear-shaped Meissen vase. A rare piece because of its twofold technique: the blue has been painted under the glaze, the coquettish bathing scene put on afterwards over the glaze.
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A bathing scene on a small, pear-shaped Meissen vase. A rare piece because of...

Oil-and-vinegar set, Medici porcelain from Florence. Blue decor. A man straddled across the two flasks. From the Rothschild Collection.
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Oil-and-vinegar set, Medici porcelain from Florence. Blue decor. A man stradd...

Chinese cups without handles were very popular in Europe and were imported in great quantities, usually packed in tea or rice. As shown in the painting, it was quite all right to pour the tea into the saucer for cooling. 6 K'ang-hsi cups and saucers, 1662-1722
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Chinese cups without handles were very popular in Europe and were imported...

Japanese vase with lid, Imari-style. Around 1700
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Japanese vase with lid, Imari-style. Around 1700