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Competing with the Emperor of China
Augustus the Strong regarded himself as being in direct competition with the Emperor of China in the art of porcelain production. He supplemented his collection of East Asian porcelain with outstanding products from the first European porcelain manufactory at Meissen. From 2018 to 2021 all surviving pieces in this unique historical reference collection were identified, digitalized and systematically catalogued.
Continue readingCatalogue of the Augustan Collection (1710–1763)
18th-century Meissen Porcelain and Böttger Stoneware To the catalogue![Tiersaal Foto, Blick in den Ausstellungsraum "Tiersaal"](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_b730bb9cdc.jpg 350w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_7b44e2d6af.jpg 480w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_1c52abcd33.jpg 769w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_21cfff4811.jpg 992w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_4a24f047b5.jpg 1200w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_1cba78cd31.jpg 1500w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_a7ed9a85b4.jpg 1920w,/fileadmin/_processed_/1/3/csm_Kat._Header_2_625cfbec98.jpg 2560w)
Porcelain in 3D
In September 2020, photogrammetric images of 43 pieces of porcelain and stoneware were created. With the 3D-imaging and digitalization of these highlights from the collection it is now possible to view them in a variety of new ways.
Highlights in 3D
![Absteigender Ara, 3D-Modell Screenshot, große Porzellanplastik eines Aras auf einem Stamm](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_PE_688_absteigender_ara_von_johann_joachim_kaendler_367dd3eb3e.jpg 240w,/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_PE_688_absteigender_ara_von_johann_joachim_kaendler_8f092d45b4.jpg 320w,/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_PE_688_absteigender_ara_von_johann_joachim_kaendler_4a26d1cd50.jpg 360w,/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_PE_688_absteigender_ara_von_johann_joachim_kaendler_c3311e2579.jpg 400w,/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_PE_688_absteigender_ara_von_johann_joachim_kaendler_dd270b1686.jpg 700w)
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