Royal model – unique piece – painted with the far east symbols of longevity: flaming tortoise, dragon, crane, bamboo and pine-tree; Ø 24,8 cm; enamel blue swords mark; cast and decoration 1730; engraved and blackened "AR" mark of 1734
Provenance: Dr. Max Fahrländer, President of the "Keramikfreude der Schweiz"
Published in Langeloh Anniversary catalogue 2019 no. 102 pp. 540–547
The marking goes back to the order of August III of 08.04.1734, according to which the motifs of those pieces marked AR (= Augustus Rex) were reserved for the king alone. Porcelains with motifs that were released for sale were marked with NB.
So far, only one other piece has become known, which also bears the engraved AR mark. A dish from the early Yellow Lion service from the Schneider Collection, Hetjens Museum (Julia Weber 2013 vol. I Fig. 39 a-c)
- Materials
- Meissen porcelain
- Size
- 9 4/5 in diameter | 24.8 cm diameter
- Medium
Ten-sided Kakiemon dish from the collection of August III., 1730–34
Royal model – unique piece – painted with the far east symbols of longevity: flaming tortoise, dragon, crane, bamboo and pine-tree; Ø 24,8 cm; enamel blue swords mark; cast and decoration 1730; engraved and blackened "AR" mark of 1734
Provenance: Dr. Max Fahrländer, President of the "Keramikfreude der Schweiz"
Published in Langeloh Anniversary catalogue 2019 no. 102 pp. 540–547
The marking goes back to the order of August III of 08.04.1734, according to which the motifs of those pieces marked AR (= Augustus Rex) were reserved for the king alone. Porcelains with motifs that were released for sale were marked with NB.
So far, only one other piece has become known, which also bears the engraved AR mark. A dish from the early Yellow Lion service from the Schneider Collection, Hetjens Museum (Julia Weber 2013 vol. I Fig. 39 a-c)
- Materials
- Meissen porcelain
- Size
- 9 4/5 in diameter | 24.8 cm diameter
- Medium
