The Porcelain Collection of Augustus the Strong and Augustus III.
At the beginning of the 18th century, Saxony pulled off a major coup: revealing the Chinese and Japanese secret of how to produce the "white gold". From then on, the first European porcelain manufactory in Meissen competed with the highly valued imports from the Far East. Find out how on this tour of the royal collection.
- Building
- Zwinger
- Collection
- Porzellansammlung
- Duration
- 2 hours
Access to the Porcelain Collection
Zwinger
Directions 1
Wall display with Chinese blue-and-white porcelain
Directions 2
Fish basin
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Vase
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Birdcage vase
Directions 5
Leaf-shaped dish
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Ewer in the shape of a crayfish
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Covered vase
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Bowl
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Rouleau vase
Directions 10
Dragoon vase
Directions 11
Elephant
Directions 12
Guanyin, Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion
Directions 13
Baluster-shaped Vase
Directions 14
Macaw Climbing Down a Tree Trunk
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
Directions 15
Rhinoceros
Kirchner, Johann Gottlieb (1707 - c. 1768) attributed to | Modeller
Directions 16
Bowl
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Tureen from the Red Dragon Court Table Service
Directions 18
Tureen with Galatea from the Swan Service for Count Heinrich von Brühl
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Chief Modeller
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich (1706-1775) | Modeller
Directions 19
Lantern
Stadler, Johann Ehrenfried (1701-1741) attributed to | Painter
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Beaker vase
Höroldt, Johann Gregorius (1696-1775) attributed to | Painter
Stadler, Johann Ehrenfried (1696-1775) attributed to | Painter
Directions 21
Group paying homage to Friedrich August III
Acier, Michel Victor (1736-1799) | Modeller
Neuber, Johann Christian (1736-1799) | Jeweller
Directions 22
Bouquet of Porcelain Flowers from Vincennes
Duplessis, Jean-Claude Chambellan (1699-1774) | Goldsmith
le Boitteux, Claude (1699-1774) | Goldsmith
Directions 23
King August III in Polish Costume
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich (1706-1775) | Modeller
Ehder, Johann Gottlieb (1706-1775) | Modeller
August III.
Silvestre, Louis (1706-1775) Template | Painter
Directions 24
Model of King August III’s Equestrian Statue
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
August III.
Directions 25
Bust of the Court Jester Gottfried Schmiedel
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
Schmiedel, Johann Gottfried (1706-1775) | Person(s) shown
Directions 26
Carillon
Pöppelmann, Matthäus Daniel (1662-1736) | Designer
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1662-1736) | woodcarver
Hähnel, Johann Ernst (1662-1736) | Organ builder
Directions 27
Death of Saint Francis Xavier
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
Directions 28
Grand Master of the Hunt Johann Georg Wentzel
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Chief Modeller
Directions 29
Harlequin with a Goat as Bagpipes
Kaendler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) | Modeller
Directions 30
Pandur
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich (1696-1749) | Modeller
Goodbye!
