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Details
- Date
- circa 1730-1735
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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14.4 x 22.3 cm diam.
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a - tureen, 7 x 17.2 cm
b - cover, 8.1 x 17.7 cm
c - stand, 3.9 x 22.3 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- L2010.188.a-c
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Meissen
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About
This piece comes from the first large dinner service produced at Meissen, ordered by Augustus the Strong c1728 and constantly augmented through the 1730s. The pattern derives from Japanese Kakiemon porcelain. It was known at Meissen as the ‘yellow lion’ pattern though it in fact features a tiger. The pattern was reserved for use at court, although yellow lion wares were also made as diplomatic gifts. The ‘K.H.C’ mark indicates that this example comes from the royal court pantry.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Grand Courts Collection Rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2025
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 14 (colour illus., stand), 17 (colour illus.). cat.no. 7
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