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A Meissen dish from the 'Red Dragon' service for the Saxon Royal Court Pantry, circa 1740-45
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A Meissen dish from the 'Red Dragon' service for the Saxon Royal Court Pantry, circa 1740-45
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Hans. H. Mischell, Cologne;
E.A. Titgemeyer Collection, Osnabrück, acquired from the above in 1968
The 'Red Dragon' pattern is probably derived from Japanese porcelain, which in turn incorporates Chinese symbols, such as the dragon, phoenix and the 'Eight Gems'. Two services of this pattern were among the substantial quantity of Meissen porcelain in Chinese and Japanese style made around 1729-31 for the French merchant, Lemaire, which was confiscated and later transferred to the Japanese Palace in 1733. The pattern was much admired at the Saxon court and was subsequently produced for its exclusive use (see Troschinskaja 2008 for a discussion of the pattern). A similar dish from the service was sold from the Hoffmeister Collection (no. 112) in these Rooms, 24 November 2010, lot 29.
