Meissen vase with Kakiemon decoration.

Augustus the Strong's Royal Collection includes a rounded vessel with a perforated bottom, pear-shaped with side loops on the handle. It is adorned with Kakiemon decoration depicting rocks and peonies. The rim and handle are decorated with a wide vine, following the Japanese model of decanters for the European market of the early 18th century. The Kakiemon decoration is polychrome with gold accents. It is stored under the number "N = 80 w" in the Johannem (or Palace) Palace. The condition is minimally acceptable, with a sword mark in underglaze blue. The height of the vessel is 13 cm. This decanter, created around 1730, was produced in two sizes. The smaller version with the number "80" from the former collection of Hans Sies was confiscated in April 1731 along with other related items and brought into the royal collection with the Palace number. See Eikelmann/Weber, Volume II, p. 198, as well as catalog 173 and others. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inventory number 1995.268.100. Provenance: previously part of Augustus the Strong's Royal Collection in the Japanese Palace. A rare porcelain decanter with Kakiemon decoration. Manufactured in Meissen around 1730.