porcelain, white, glazed, lid with crown and reserve with monogram held by amorettes, surrounded by shell rocailles, behind them palm branches, turned fluting with sprigs of leaves and diverse flowers, on volute cornice floats Fama on the left side, the Roman goddess of glory, opposite Flora, holding flowers in her left hand and a flower basket in her right, on both sides several sprigs of leaves with large and small blossoms, the mid-section with rays of sunshine and the head of a gorgon, the moulded portrait of Frederick Augustus III King of Saxony, surrounded by laurel branches with fruit tied with a cross band, a rocaille reserve with the Saxon coat of arms, on the right a small genius holding the crown above the coat of arms, on the side and back sprigs of leaves with large and small blossoms growing out the handle and butterflies, round foot with turned fluting and arched border, sprigs of leaves with blossoms, total height 84 cm, body and foot height 64 cm, cover height 27 cm, small crown-holding angel with a restored wing, a few blossoms and leaves with chipped areas ;
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark 1905 to 1910, the first vase with a portrait Frederick Augustus III was executed in 1905, model no. 98, model by Johann Joachim Kändler 1742 (Ru)

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Glass and Porcelain Catalogue 26.4.2017;
The shape of this vase is based on the original of the decorative vase with the relief image of Louis XV by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775), c. 1741–1742. The original is in the Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, inventory number PR 107.

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Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-Manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig 1900, p. 143, the guide to the Royal Collection in Dresden states that “the Marquise de Pompadour had sent a vase from the French pleasure gardens as a model to the Meissen manufactory” p. 145, ill. of a vase with the bust of Louis XV. ;
Frederick Augustus III (Dresden 25 May 1865-18 February 1932 Sibyllenort Castle). Enthronement on 15.10.1904. He was the last king of Saxony from 1904 until his abdication on 13.11.1918. His full name is Prince Friedrich August Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp of Saxony, from Albertine branch of the House of Wettins.