Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur

Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur A Meissen porcelain dish from a service with "Yellow Lion" decor Decorated in the Kakiemon style with a tiger, bamboo, prunus and scattered Oriental flowers. Brown border. Blue crossed swords mark. Two radial cracks at 4 o'clock. Diameter 25.9 cm. Around 1734 - 40. The ensemble comes from a commission undertaken immediately after the dinner service for Augustus III, on which work had begun in January 1734. As the King also presented his own porcelain as

Category

Asian art

Location

Cologne

Dimensions

Ø 25.9 cm