Page 12 - For the Love of Porcelain

A Passion for Porcelain one might easily imagine that eva Ströber’s passion and dedication for east Asian applied arts,

Eva Ströber at the Porzellansammlung Dresden and in particular for the medium of ceramic, had already begun during her research for a catalogue

raisonné of the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich museum in Braunschweig (1998–99).

Cora Würmell

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Zwinger court with the
Porzellansammlung
1 galleries,
Friedrich Reichel and Porzellansammlung
Eva Ströber at her SKD, photo: Barbara
farewell party in Bechter
the Oriental Gallery
in 2008, The museum has an exquisite and she took over the position held by Dr.
Porzellansammlung, comprehensive collection of more than Friedrich Reichel, who had been curator at
SKD, photo: 1,100 East Asian artefacts, which were the East Asian Porcelain department for 40
Porzellansammlung mainly acquired by Anthony Ulrich, Duke years (fig. 1).
of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1633–1714). 1 Eva
Ströber’s impressive work included research Eva Ströber’s time at Dresden was marked
into the collection’s holdings of Chinese by the internationally acclaimed exhibition‚
ceramics and Yixing ware, which seemed to La maladie de porcelaine: 100 Meisterwerke
be the perfect groundwork for her nine-year ostasiatischen Porzellans aus der Sammlung
tenure, from July 1999 until August 2008, Augusts des Starken (2001), which was
at the Porzellansammlung of the Staatliche accompanied by a bilingual publication.
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Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD), where Both the exhibition and catalogue were ‘a

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