Bowl
1729-31 (made)
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This porcelain bowl strongly resembles the Japanese wares imported to Europe in the early 18th century for rich aristocratic collectors to use and display in their homes. Augustus the Strong, the owner of the Meissen porcelain factory, is known to have loaned the factory pieces from his own collection of precious Far Eastern porcelains in order to copy their shapes and designs. The shape as well as the precise and colourful Japanese decoration, known as 'Kakiemon', has been faithfully copied here by the skilled craftsmen at Meissen.
This piece bears the special mark of the Saxon king's own collection housed in his 'Japanese Palace' in Dresden. This residence was so large that the Augustus's Chinese and Japanese porcelain collection was not large enough to fill it and Meissen pieces decorated in similar styles were used there to fill in any gaps in the displays.
This piece bears the special mark of the Saxon king's own collection housed in his 'Japanese Palace' in Dresden. This residence was so large that the Augustus's Chinese and Japanese porcelain collection was not large enough to fill it and Meissen pieces decorated in similar styles were used there to fill in any gaps in the displays.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Hard-paste porcelain bowl, of moulded five lobe shape, painted in enamels with a Japanese style design, made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1729-31 |
| Physical description | Hard-paste porcelain bowl, of moulded five lobe shape, painted in enamels with a Japanese 'Kakiemon' design, the interior with flowering plants and rocks, the exterior with an extended flowering chysanthemum spray. Brown edge. |
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| Credit line | Given by H. M. Queen Victoria |
| Object history | Given by H.M. Queen Victoria in 1860. Formerly Royal Saxon Collection, Dresden. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Summary | This porcelain bowl strongly resembles the Japanese wares imported to Europe in the early 18th century for rich aristocratic collectors to use and display in their homes. Augustus the Strong, the owner of the Meissen porcelain factory, is known to have loaned the factory pieces from his own collection of precious Far Eastern porcelains in order to copy their shapes and designs. The shape as well as the precise and colourful Japanese decoration, known as 'Kakiemon', has been faithfully copied here by the skilled craftsmen at Meissen. This piece bears the special mark of the Saxon king's own collection housed in his 'Japanese Palace' in Dresden. This residence was so large that the Augustus's Chinese and Japanese porcelain collection was not large enough to fill it and Meissen pieces decorated in similar styles were used there to fill in any gaps in the displays. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ayers, John and Impey, Oliver and Mallet, John. Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, with essays by Anthony du Boulay and Lawrence Smith. Catalogue of an exhibition at the British Museum, 1990. London: Oriental Ceramics Society, 1990, no. 184, 193 p. |
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| Accession number | 7327-1860 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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