Meissen 1729/30; Ø 21,5 cm; 3,8–4 cm deep; swords mark in enamel blue, traces of the palace number “N=71”, which refers to the Japanese original in the collection of Augustus the Strong (Boltz 1980 p. 92), palace number “N=153–W” (section. d Boltz 1996 p. 76)
Provenance: 1729/30 to 1734: Meissen manufactory (our dish served as a model for the painters and moulders, after which the Shiba Onko “Confect-Schalen” were produced); from decmber 1734: Royal collection in the Japanese Palace (Boltz ibid.); French private collection
Our octagonal dish was used in the manufactory as a Höroldt model for the octagonal Shiba Onko “Confect-Schalen”, along with another one that is still today in the Dresden porcelain collection (PE5223 Weber Vol. II p. 137).
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Boltz, Claus: Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar, 1769. In Keramos 153/1996
Weber, Julia: Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, Band I. München 2013
Boltz, Claus: Hoym, Lemaire und Meißen – Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Dresdner Porzellansammlung. In Keramos 88/1980