Saucer

Meissen Manufactory

ca. 1730 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Nowhere is Meissen's sensitivity to the kakiemon style more evident than in these beautifully realized pieces, which, like their Japanese prototypes, were owned by Augustus II, elector of Saxony and king of Poland.

Artist

Meissen Manufactory

Date

ca. 1730

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German, Meissen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

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