A large porcelain dish in Famille Verte enamels, decorated with two birds perched among peonies and magnolias. It bears the inventory mark of the collection of Auguste le Fort. The rim is adorned with floral cartouches of different varieties. On the back, there is a tripod incense‑burner mark inside a double circle.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

The dish bears on the reverse the incised inventory mark of Auguste le Fort, Elector of Saxony, Collection N: 80. A dish with an identical decoration is still preserved in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, inv. PO 3645, N: 50.

Auguste le Fort (1670‑1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, maintained throughout his life a deep and passionate interest in art — and in particular porcelain. Alongside his near‑obsessive collection of pieces from the European manufacture Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, he also gathered porcelain from China and Japan — the very source from which Meissen drew inspiration to create fine European hard‑paste porcelain.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical model, see:

– Dresden Collection, inv. PO 3645, N: 50.

PROVENANCE :

– Augustus The Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland

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