A RARE PAIR OF CELADON-GROUND PORCELAIN CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG

Description:

China, Kangxi period, Johanneum inventory number N.598, inventory P.O. 759a, 762a, 760b and 759b, one saucer with additional inventory number I. 563
D. 8-13,1 cm
1a) Blackened Johanneum number "N=598" with serrated line; in dark red PI 5(?) [=Moritzburg Palace; Verein Haus Wettin A.L.; before remaining in porcelain collection]; in light red "P.O. 759a" [Dresden porcelain collection]; 1b) Johanneum number "N=598" with serrated line; in black "I 56[? ]3" [tower room]; in light red "P.O. 759a" [Dresden Porcelain Collection]; in dark red PI 55 (=Moritzburg Castle; Wettin House A.L. Association) - 2a) Johanneum number "N=598" with jagged line; in light red "P.O. 762a"
Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1670-1733) - Property of the Free State of Saxony, 1918. Restitution to the former Royal House of Saxony (House of Wettin, Albertine Line e.v.) under the agreement with the Free State of Saxony - Important Bavarian private collection - One saucer with a short hairline, otherwise good condition