A dinner service with “Red Court Dragon” décor,
porcelain, 41 items: 12 dinner plates dia 25 cm, 12 soup plates dia 24 cm, 18 dessert plates dia 20 cm, 1 soup tureen of round form with cover height 21.5 cm, dia 30 cm, 1 sauce tureen with attached saucer height 10.5 cm, length 24 cm, 1 circular platter dia 28.5 cm, 1 oval platter length 42 cm, 1 square bowl height 6.5 cm, dia 22 cm, the body with curving gilt edging, iron-red and gilt painted court dragons with symbols of good fortune made of the “infinite knot” with pearl, coin, scroll and artemisia leaf of the Chinese Eight Treasures and phoenix birds, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark c. 1970 (Ru)
Lit.:
Porzellan Sammlung Dresden im Zwinger, 1998 exhibition collection, p. 166: In keeping with Augustus the Strong’s great enthusiasm for Chinese and, even more, Japanese porcelain, the Meissen dinner service with the “Red Dragon” displays a thorough East Asian influence. Until 1918, the Red Dragon décor was reserved exclusively for porcelain used at the Saxon royal court.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
24.10.2019 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 5,120.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 7,000.-
A dinner service with “Red Court Dragon” décor,
porcelain, 41 items: 12 dinner plates dia 25 cm, 12 soup plates dia 24 cm, 18 dessert plates dia 20 cm, 1 soup tureen of round form with cover height 21.5 cm, dia 30 cm, 1 sauce tureen with attached saucer height 10.5 cm, length 24 cm, 1 circular platter dia 28.5 cm, 1 oval platter length 42 cm, 1 square bowl height 6.5 cm, dia 22 cm, the body with curving gilt edging, iron-red and gilt painted court dragons with symbols of good fortune made of the “infinite knot” with pearl, coin, scroll and artemisia leaf of the Chinese Eight Treasures and phoenix birds, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark c. 1970 (Ru)
Lit.:
Porzellan Sammlung Dresden im Zwinger, 1998 exhibition collection, p. 166: In keeping with Augustus the Strong’s great enthusiasm for Chinese and, even more, Japanese porcelain, the Meissen dinner service with the “Red Dragon” displays a thorough East Asian influence. Until 1918, the Red Dragon décor was reserved exclusively for porcelain used at the Saxon royal court.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.10.2019 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 12.10. - 24.10.2019 |
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