Augustus the Strong, ca. 1713, German, Stoneware, Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, This diminutive stoneware figure depicts Augustus II of Saxony, commonly known as Augustus the Strong. A voracious collector of Asian ceramics, Augustus' interest in porcelain provided the impetus for the founding of the Meissen factory just outside of Dresden, the capital of Saxony
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Augustus, Strong, ca, 1713, German, Stoneware, Height, 4 7/16, 11.3 cm, Ceramics-Pottery, diminutive, stoneware, figure, depicts, II, Saxony, commonly, voracious collector, Asian ceramics, interest, porcelain provided, impetus, founding, Meissen factory, outside, Dresden, capital
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