Red Dragon Service

With the "Red Rich Dragon" decoration for 18 persons. 240 pieces; 36 dinner plates, 18 soup plates, 18 dessert plates, 36 cake plates, 18 bread plates, 2 soup tureens, 2 vegetable terrines, 5 trays, 3 sauce boats, 9 side dishes, 3 cake plates, 18 salt cellars, tea, 3 coffee, 3 mocha coffee pots, 18 coffee cups, 18 mocha cups, 18 cups with saucers, 6 milk jugs, 5 sugar bowls. Decoration "Red Rich Dragon" with two surrounded phoenixes (Chinese Fenghuang), bordered by two Chinese dragons and compositions of Chinese "Eight Treasures" symbols in iron-red and gilt-high-waist painting. Gilt rim. Partially minor damages. Sword mark. Plate diameter 16 cm - 25 cm. Milk jug height 14.5 cm - 25.5 cm. Soup tureen length 37 cm. Tray length 36 cm - 50 cm. The dinner service with the "Red Dragon" decoration was one of the first table services of the Dresden court for Augustus the Strong around 1730. The so-called "Red Dragon Service" was exclusively painted in red and gold. The dragon was considered a symbol of the Chinese emperor. Numerous porcelain pieces were produced from around 1737 for the furnishing of the Saxon court confectionery under Augustus III. See Ruckert, Catalogue of Meissen Porcelain, Bavarian National Museum, No. 305; Pietsch, Triumph, No. 236; Jedding, Hamburg Museum, No. 124. 240-piece porcelain service with the "Red Rich Dragon" decoration. Partially minor chips. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Second half of the 20th century.