Teabowl and saucer

ca. 1708–9

Not on view

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.

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Title: Teabowl and saucer
Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Factory director: Böttger Period (1713–1720)
Date: ca. 1708–9
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Porcelaneous red stoneware
Dimensions: Overall (teabowl .19): 1 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (4.4 × 7.9 cm);
Overall (saucer .20): 1 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (3.2 × 13 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941
Object Number: 42.205.19, .20
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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