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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).

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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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