porcelain, body with iron red and gilt-painted with auspicious symbols from the Eternal Knot including pearls, coin, picture scroll and artemisia leaf, some of the 8 Treasures of the Chinese with and phoenixes, Ø 23.3 cm, Meissen, onglaze blue sword mark, circa 1730, turner’s mark X George Kittel the Elder, Pirna 1671-24.8.1748 Meissen, worked for Böttger in Dresden from 1708, model by Gottlieb Kirchner, Höroldt workshop paintwork (Ru)

Lit.: Porzellan Sammlung Dresden, Führer durch die ständige Ausstellung, p. 166, ill. The Meissen ‘Red Dragon’ service was produced for the Saxon court of August I between 1729 and 1735. It exhibits a strong Far Eastern influence. It was based on a Japanese plate with Kakiemon décor in the Royal Collection. This décor, later also termed ‘Red Court Dragon’, was reserved exclusively until 1918 for the Saxon court’s purposes.

See also A. Schommers, M. Grigat Hunger, Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jh. Die Stiftung Ernst Schneider in Schloß Lustheim; p. 150-151, ... The décor produced by the Kakiemon Manufactory, founded by the potter, Sakaida Kizaemon I, Kakiemon, 1596-1666, was particularly favoured by August the Strong... Porcelain with the onglaze blue sword mark was produced for the Parisian porcelain dealer, Rodolphe Lemaire between 1729 and 1731.

Lit.: R. Rückert, Biographische Daten der Meißener Manufakturisten des 18. Jh., p. 83;