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OBJECT PASSPORT · PV-N8VWT · PORCELAIN
Pair of Augustus Rex Beaker Vases
Meissen · c. 1730
Made for the king who traded a regiment of dragoons for porcelain. The AR cipher under each base was reserved for palace commissions; the chinoiserie panels were painted by someone who had never seen China and was better for it.
- Maker
- Meissen
- Period
- c. 1730
- Origin
- Meissen, Germany
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue AR mark
- Dimensions
- 24 CM EACH
Provenance
Johanneum inventory, Dresden (drilled inventory mark)
Sale, Berlin, 1920s
European private collection
Part of The Dresden Service
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