The Dream of a King: The Japanese Palace in Dresden
Part of the Gardiner Signature Lecture Series
The Macdonald Collection Lecture
In the early 18th century, the Saxon elector and Polish king Augustus the Strong amassed what is until today the biggest collection of East Asian porcelain in the West.
The highly treasured imports from China and Japan set the benchmark for the groundbreaking products of the first European porcelain manufactory in Meissen.