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Meissen Böttger Pagoda or Magot
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Dates
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Circa 1715
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Germany
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Description
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An extremely rare and small Meissen white Böttger porcelain model of a Chinese seated Pagoda, or Magot.
8cm High
Pagoda's or Magot's are Chinese-inspired figures made at the Meissen factory with several different models, the earliest dating from the Böttger period (1715–20). They are small seated figures, sometimes with tea accoutrements, often with open mouths, perhaps intended for incense burners.
The Pagoda was based on the Buddhist monk Pu-tai Ho-shang, who was a Chinese Buddhist monk.
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Literature
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Brian Haughton Exhibition Catalogue 2017 p. 52, (3 ins.)
For slight larger models see: Winifred Williams Exhibition of Eighteenth Century European White Porcelain 1975, No. 42 (10 cm)
R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, (9.5cm), p.199 no 836.
Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan in Hamburger Privatbesitz, for various examples, page 44 and 45
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