Large Meissen offering bowl with "Red Dragon" decoration from the Royal Court Confectionery Round, slightly moulded shape with sloping rim. The centre decorated with two phoenixes arranged in a circle and the rim with an elongated Chinese dragon alternating with Buddhist symbols of the so-called "Eight Treasures". Iron-red camaieum painting heightened in gold. Marked "K.H.C." in purple overglaze on the base (inventory mark of the Royal Court Confectionery). Incised bowl size "IIII". Impressed number "29". Minimally production and overglazed stress cracks. Unw. dam. to rim. Centreboard mark. D. 38 cm. The "Red Dragon" decoration was one of the first service designs for the Saxon court under Augustus the Strong around 1730. From around 1735/37, Meissen porcelain pieces with the iron-red dragon decoration and overglaze mark K.H.C. were intended for the furnishings of the Saxon court confectionery. See Pietsch, cat. Triumph of the Blue Swords, no. 236, p. 276; Weber/Eikelmann, cat. Meissen Porcelain after East Asian Models, vol. II. pp. 246f. A large porcelain serving dish from the "Red dragon" service of the Royal Court Confectionery. Purple K.H.C. confectioner's mark. Minor production-related cracks. Insignificantly overglazed chip at the rim. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Mid 18th century.