Details
Painted with pairs of Saxon miners at work, flanked by their tools, within landscape, the underside of the cover painted with an Inspector-General and a gentleman before a table of wares, a dog at their feet
318 in. (8 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold Christie's Geneva, 28 April 1978, lot 196.
Literature
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p.198, fig.123.
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Lot Essay

The mining industry was vital to Saxony's economy and highly valued under Augustus the Strong. Porcelain decorated with these subjects serve to demonstrate this significance and some pieces show gilt mounds of coal, symbolising the richness and importance of the produce.

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