A LARGE FAMILLE-ROSE 'FLORAL' DISH QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD |

with shallow rounded sides supported on a straight foot, vibrantly enameled with tangled stems of peony, rose, and chrysanthemum twisting upwards and across, the blooms in delicate shades of pink and yellow, the leaves rendered turquoise and green, the rose thorns picked out in pink, the rest of the surface undecorated, the base with a wheel-engraved Dresden inventory mark N:176

Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1670-1733), Saxony, Dresden, inv. no. N=176 I.
Marchant & Son, London, 2005. 

Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710-50, New York, 2008, pl. 365.

In overall good condition with expected surface wear, minor firing flaws including burst bubbles, and smoked patches in the glaze. The base inscribed 'N:176. I' and the underside with a collection label.
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As noted by Eva Ströber in La Maladie de porcelaine.../East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Berlin, 2001, p. 76, the present dish was presumably acquired by Augustus the Strong in 1727 as contemporary porcelain. The collection inventory from 1779 notes the differing diameters and slight variations in decoration with dishes of this type. A similar dish from the Japanese Palace is illustrated ibid.