KANGXI 1662 – 1722 Chinese Export Porcelain

A Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Jar and Cover From the Collection of Augustus II (1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Known as Augustus the Strong, Late Kangxi Period c.1700-1723. The `U` Shape Jar and Its Cover are Painted with Scrolling Lotus. Both the Base of the Jar and the Interior of the Cover are Marked with a Wheel Engraved Mark for the Japanese Palace in Dresden.

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Condition
Perfect.
Size
Height : 18.5 cm (7 1/4 inches)
Provenance
Supplied to Augustus the Strong in 1723 by Count Flemming, Bassetouche, Konspruck & Escherin. Augustus II (1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Known as Augustus the Strong. Japanese Palace Inventory Engraved Mark `N:434 vvvvvvv`, for Blue and White East Indian Porcelain, Tea and Coffee Things and Accessories, June 1723. A Private English Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain.
Stock number
22375

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Augustus The Strong :
Augustus II (1670-1733) King of Poland and Elector of Saxony known as Augustus the Strong. Augustus`s great physical strength earned him the nicknames `the Strong`, `Saxon Hercules` and `Iron Hand`. He liked to show that he lived up to his name by breaking horse shoes with his bare hands. His ancestor Cymburgis of Masovia was also noted for her strength. Augustus the Strong owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Augustus the Strong owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. As Elector of Saxony, he is perhaps best remembered as a patron of the arts and architecture. He established the Saxon capital of Dresden as a major cultural centre, attracting artists and musicians from across Europe to his court. Augustus also amassed an impressive art collection and built fantastic baroque palaces at Dresden and at Warsaw. As a politician, he is nowadays not held in high esteem in Poland, getting blamed for embroiling the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Great Northern War. His attempts at internal reforms and at bolstering the royal power are considered to have come to naught, while his policies are said to have allowed the Russian Empire to strengthen its influence over the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.