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Three Chinese vases in "Famille-rose" decor, in front of a portrait of Markgravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden, great and early collector of Chinese porcelain in her palace "La Favorita", Karlsruhe (1723-1735).
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Three Chinese vases in "Famille-rose" decor, in front of a portrait of Markgra...

Three stoneware pots by Johann Friedrich Boettger. Before solving the secret of Chinese porcelain manufacture, Boettger produced an imitation of the Chinese I-hsing stoneware, often with a curious mixture of Chinese and European elements. 1710-1719
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Three stoneware pots by Johann Friedrich Boettger. Before solving the secre...

Boettger's models: vase, jar with lid and tea pot in Chinese K'ang-hsi stoneware. 1662-1722
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Boettger's models: vase, jar with lid and tea pot in Chinese K'ang-hsi sto...

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-...

A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine cup without handle, K'ang-hsi period, and a Meissen cup of 1715. Johann Friedrich Boettger's models were Blanc- de-Chine porcelain, but the straight Chinese original became a chocolate cup with lid and baroque handle.
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A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine cup without handle, K'ang-hsi period, and a...

Merchant scene with sailor lighting his pipe, from a Meissen cup. So-called "fond-porcelain" where the basis was no longer white, but green, yellow or purple. 1735-1740
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Merchant scene with sailor lighting his pipe, from a Meissen cup. So-called...

Fond-porcelain, with a green background for the delicate paintings. This cup shows a fashionable "Watteau-scene", in the style of French painter Antoine Watteau (1674-1821). 1735-1740
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Fond-porcelain, with a green background for the delicate paintings. This...

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 coffee pots often had spouts with animal heads or beaks; this one has a mascaron on the spout. 1740-1745
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Meissen coffee pots often had spouts with animal heads or beaks; this one...

Intricate Meissen handles for coffee pots. Left: head of a girl. Right: lid attached to handle by a chain. 1740
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Intricate Meissen handles for coffee pots. Left: head of a girl. Ri...

Left: Meissen coffee pot with boy's head for a spout. Right: Sauce-boat from the Sulkowski-set with head for a spout. 1738, 1735/1736
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Left: Meissen coffee pot with boy's head for a spout. Right: Sauce-boat from t...