Chocolate cup and saucer with dragons and phoenixes ca. 1739 Meissen Manufactory German A service decorated with red dragons was delivered to Augustus III, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, between 1734 and 1739. The Red Dragon pattern is now thought to have originated at Meissen, but its concurrent appearance on Chinese and Japanese porcelain obscures the source of its invention. The phoenix in the center, as a symbol of the female (yin) principle, complements the dragon as that of the male (yang) Chocolate cup and saucer with dragons and phoenixes. German, Meissen. ca. 1739.
Chocolate cup and saucer with dragons and phoenixes ca. 1739 Meissen Manufactory German A service decorated with red dragons was delivered to Augustus III, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, between 1734 and 1739. The Red Dragon pattern is now thought to have originated at Meissen, but its concurrent appearance on Chinese and Japanese porcelain obscures the source of its invention. The phoenix in the center, as a symbol of the female (yin) principle, complements the dragon as that of the male (yang) Chocolate cup and saucer with dragons and phoenixes. German, Meissen. ca. 1739. Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze. Ceramics-Porcelain
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