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Intercultural Exchange: Politics and Porcelain. Exeter College, Oxford 8 February 2014. Ming cup (Jiaqing era 1522-1566) ipresented by Ferdinand I de’ Medici to Christian I, Elector of Saxony, in Dresden in 1590. Early Meissen cup and saucer 1720-22.
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Intercultural Exchange:Politics and Porcelain Exeter College, Oxford 8 February 2014
Ming cup (Jiaqing era 1522-1566) ipresented by Ferdinand I de’ Medici to Christian I, Elector of Saxony, in Dresden in 1590
Meissen armorial cup; part of the wedding service for Maria Amalia of Saxony and Carlo VII of the Two Sicilies in 1738
Meissen snuffbox sent to Maria Amalia in 1747 on the birth of a male heir as part of the green ‘Watteau’ service
Buen Retiro porcelain (Madrid ), cup and saucer, 18th century
Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Chocolate Girl 1743-5, Dresden Picture Gallery