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Lot 167

A Meissen circular dish from the 'Red Dragon' service for the Saxon Royal Pantry, circa 1740-45

7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen circular dish from the 'Red Dragon' service for the Saxon Royal Pantry, circa 1740-45

Painted in iron-red and gilding with dragons, phoenix and auspicious symbols, 20cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numbers, K[önigliche].H[of].C[onditorei] in purple, impressed K (some wear to enamels)

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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 Japanese and Chinese style made around 1729-31 for the French merchant, Lemaire, which was confiscated and 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). It is also more recently mentioned by Claus Bolz his addendum to the above-named article in Keramos 206 (2009), pp.24ff.

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