
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden;
Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 3 December 1982, lot 152
Literature:
U. Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellan aus einer Privatsammlung (1993), no. 71
Exhibited:
Lübeck, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck - St. Annen-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan aus einer Privatsammlung', 14 November 1993-31 January 1994;
Aachen, Museen der Stadt Aachen - Couven Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan aus einer Privatsammlung', 26 February-20 April 1994
The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace records: 'Eilf Stück Teller mit braunen Rande, inwendig Pagoden und Blumen gemahlt, 9½. (sic.) Zoll tief, 9¾. Zoll in Diam: No. 75' [eleven plates with brown rims, the inside painted with pagodas and flowers...] (quoted by Claus Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (July 1996), p. 74.