Porzellansammlung: Porzellansammlung

Porcelain Art from China, Japan and Meissen

in Zwinger

Besucher in einem Raum mit Porzellan an den Wänden und in Vitrinen

Starting 12 June 2020 the Porzellansammlung is open Friday to Sunday 11 to 17.

From 4 May some of the museums of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden will be open again - subject to strict hygiene precautions. We look forward to welcoming you!

As the craze for all things Chinese swept across Europe, the continent fell in love with porcelain. August the Strong was the only person to know the secret of how to make it. In 1710, he founded the first European porcelain manufactory in Meissen and made this exotic material into its unique calling card. Of the many thousands of pieces that he amassed, the most stunning and rare are to be found in the Zwinger in Dresden today.

Discover the exhibition

Redesign of the Böttger Room

The legendary beginnings of the Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

From 12 June 2020: The light-flooded pavilion on the level of the Zwinger corridor, dedicated to the famous porcelain inventor Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682-1719), can be considered the heart of the Porzellansammlung Dresden. It presents the earliest products of the Porcelain Manufactory Meissen, which were a real sensation more than 300 years ago. Now the world's most beautiful and important collection of early works by the Manufactory Meissen shines in a new light in a contemporary museum presentation.

In the Böttger Hall

Edmund de Waal's installation „im Goldhaus“

In the 300th anniversary of Johann Friedrich Böttger's death, the ceramic artist and author Edmund de Waal has intensively studied the origins of the Porzellansammlung Dresden and the early years of the Manufactory Meissen. In memory of the so-called "Goldhaus am Zwinger", the work "im Goldhaus" was created, an examination of the reinvention of porcelain at its place of origin.

Dr. Julia Weber, Director of the Porzellansammlung, presents selected masterpieces

The Glow of Porcelain

Vases of a Feather

A Porcelain Zoo for the King

History of the collection

Maladie de porcelain

It was the "maladie de porcelaine", the obsession of August the Strong with the "white gold" that made his legendary porcelain collection the finest and most extensive specialized collection of ceramics in the world. Up to this day, the Dresden Porzellansammlung delights its guests and connoisseurs from all over the world.

History of the Collection

Masterpieces of the Collection

Liegende Löwin aus Porzellan — **Löwin** Meissen, vor März 1733

drei große Vasen mit Deckel und Bemalung — **Drei Deckelvasen** Japan, Provinz Hizen, Arita, Edo-Zeit (1603 – 1868), 1680 – 1700

Teekanne mit Goldfischen, die aus den Fluten herausschauen — **Teekanne** China, Qing-Zeit (1644–1911), Ära Kangxi (1662–1722), um 1700

Elefant aus Porzellan im Profil — **Elefant** Meissen, Juni 1731

**Terrine und Schüssel aus dem Schwanenservice für den Grafen Heinrich von Brühl** Meissen, um 1740

zwei Porzellangefäße mit Blumenbemalung, Echsenfiguren als Dekoration und Henkel — **Flasche und Terrine mit plastischen Eidechsen** Meissen, vor 1725

mehrteiliges Service mit Tellern, Tassen und Kanne aus Porzellan — **Schokoladenservice mit Chinoiserien und Wappen** Meissen, um 1728

Porzellan in Form einer Muschel mit Bemalung — **Muschelbecken** Meissen, 1728

verschiedene Schalen und Gefäße aus Porzellan — **Chinesische Porzellane aus der Medici-Schenkung von 1590** China, Jingdezhen, Ming-Zeit (1368–1644), Ära Jiajing (1522–1566)

Zwei bemalte Kugeln aus Porzellan — **Zwei Parfümkugeln** China, Jingdezhen, Qing-Zeit (1644–1911), Ära Kangxi (1662–1722), um 1700

Porzellanschale, außen bemalt mit Blumen, innen mit Fischen — **Fischbassin** China, Jingdezhen, Qing-Zeit (1644–1911), Ära Kangxi (1662–1722), 1700–1720

Drei große, mit Blumen und Vögeln bemalte Vasen — **Drei Vasen im Kakiemon-Stil** Japan, Provinz Hizen, Arita, Edo-Zeit (1603–1868), 1670–1690

drei große, hauptsächlich mit Menschen bemalte Vasen — **Drei Vasen** China, Jingdezhen, Qing-Zeit (1644–1911), Ära Kangxi (1662–1722), 1700–1720

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The vaults of [the Japanese Palace] consist of fourteen apartments, filled with China and Dresden porcelain; one would imagine there was sufficient quantity to stock a whole country, and yet they say, with an air of importance, that 100’000 pieces more are wanted to compleat the intention of furnishing this single palace. Jonas Hanway, 1753

In the Cellars [of the Japanese Palace] are deposited the vast collection of the true China & Japan; which for beauty, & quantity exceed any other collection of Europe. Jeremiah Milles, 1736

The ancient Palace of the Marquises of Misnia is now sett apart for making the Saxony China, which is within these few years grown so famous all over Europe, & without doubt far exceeds that of the Indies, both in beauty, & workmanship. Jeremiah Milles, 1736