Teabowl and saucer

Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period

ca. 1708–9 · Porcelaneous red stoneware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This tea bowl, an exact copy of a Chinese tea bowl, was formerly in the Japanese Palace in Dresden, built in 1717 by the Elector Augustus II "the Strong" to house his large collection of Oriental porcelains along with the more extraordinary products of his porcelain factory at Meissen.

Artist

Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period

Date

ca. 1708–9

Medium

Porcelaneous red stoneware

Culture

German, Meissen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941