Teabowl and saucer

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
 Factory director Böttger Period

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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.

Teabowl and saucer, Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Porcelaneous red stoneware, German, Meissen

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Teabowl and saucer, Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Porcelaneous red stoneware, German, Meissen
Teabowl and saucer, Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Porcelaneous red stoneware, German, Meissen

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