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10). 11 The function of the ensemble was of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, which
changed again when the box was dispersed represents a unique time capsule of the
when the Dresden Collection was relocated history of collecting and trade between
for safekeeping to surrounding castles and Europe and Asia in the eighteenth century.
mines in 1942. When the container was This ambitious undertaking is only possible
rediscovered in late 1990 in a private home, with the invaluable knowledge of the many
it had been in daily use as saltcellar. scholars who will be supporting the research
and cataloguing process.
Our current research project, launched
together with Christiaan Jörg in 2014, With the challenging task of professionally
draws on the rich foundations built over photographing these collections we will
many years, including the excellent results hopefully one day be able to provide a digital
of the Thyssen research. The project will, collection of all those extant pieces, so that
for the first time, offer a complete overview the rich holdings in our storage of more than
of the former Royal East Asian Porcelain 7,000 objects can be widely shared.
9 Collection of around 8,000 extant objects
Cistern, porcelain in relation to the original and unpublished On behalf of all my colleagues at the
painted with underglaze eighteenth-century inventories (the entries Porzellansammlung, we wish Eva Ströber
cobalt blue and copper will be provided in German and English). all the very best in her future endeavours,
red, China, ca. 1700, In Eva Ströber’s spirit, we hope to make trusting that her maladie de porcelaine
h. 48.7 cm, d. 58 cm, available for all our international colleagues is incurable, and we all look forward to
d. footring 34 cm, and the interested public one of the most enjoying her insights and the fruits of her
Porzellansammlung important and encyclopaedic collections immense knowledge in the years to come.
inv. no. SKD, PO 986,
photo: Adrian Sauer

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Lidded incense box,
porcelain painted with
underglaze cobalt blue,
Japan, early 18th
century, h. 7 cm, d. 7.2
cm, d. footring 4.8 cm,
Notes
Porzellansammlung
SKD, inv. nos. PO 9167/
1 Eva Ströber, Ostasiatika im Herzog Anton 6 For more insights into the dramatic events 9 Ulrich Pietsch and Cordula Bischoff (eds.), Das
PO 4733, Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig of August 2002, see Caroline Möhring/ Japanische Palais zu Dresden, Die Königliche
photo: Adrian Sauer 2002. Johannes Schmidt, Gegen den Strom, Porzellansammlung August des Starken,
2 Eva Ströber, La maladie de porcelaine, Die Rettung der Dresdner Kunstschätze vor dem Munich 2014.
Ostasiatisches Porzellan aus der Sammlung Hochwasser im August 2002, Cologne 2002. 10 Eva Ströber, ‘Ostasiatisches Porzellan in der
Augusts des Starken, Leipzig 2001 (German/ The collection and storage were comprehen- Dresdner Hof-Conditorey‘ and ‘Zur
English). sively refurbished from 1998–2002/2004–6. Verwendung Ostasiatischer Porzellane am
3 Rose Kerr, ‘A Passionately Immoderate and For more information, see the Hofe August des Starken‘, in: Ulrich Pietsch,
Incurable Addiction to Buying Porcelain, Porzellansammlung’s annual report: Cordula Bischoff 2014, pp. 256–61.
The Collection of Augustus the Strong at Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Porzellansammlung 1998- 11 Eva Ströber, ‘Zur Verwendung Ostasiatischer
Dresden’, Orientations 32 (no 9) (November 2006’, in Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Porzellane am Hofe August des Starken‘, in:
2001), p. 40. Kunstsammlungen Dresden 1998-2006 (vols. Ulrich Pietsch, Cordula Bischoff 2014, pp.
4 Ulrich Pietsch, ‘From the Japanische Palais to 28–33). 260–61.
the Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger‘, in: 7 Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Porzellansammlung - 2007’,
Ulrich Pietsch, Anette Loesch, Eva Ströber, in Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen
The Dresden Porcelain Collection, China, Japan, Dresden 34, Dresden 2008, p. 347.
Meissen (series Meisterwerke), Berlin 2006, pp. 8 The annual reports provide a good overview
8–10. of all her activities relating to publications
5 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inv. and lectures, see: Ulrich Pietsch,
no. 324, Inventarium über das Palais zu ‘Porzellansammlung 1998 2006’, in: Jahrbuch
Alt-Dresden, Anno 1721, Grün Chinesisch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Porcelain, in: vol. 4, Nachträge, Cap. II, p. 783. 1998-2008 (vols. 28–34).

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