The Alchemist-Inventor of Meissen porcelain, in ukiyo-e. A woodblock print made for educational purposes. This particular one comes from a series about Western inventors. It depicts the German alchemist Johann Friedrich Bottger (1682-1719). The description contains an error, referring to Bottger as British, while the image is set in Dresden. Bottger`s experiments with the Philosopher`s Stone led to his imprisonment by the monarch of Saxony, who loved gold. The story ended happily because the alchemist found a recipe for making porcelain for the Meissen factory. This picture was made one hundred years later by the Monbusho (Ministry of Education, during the early Meiji Period), which thought that the secret of white clay pottery was discovered in Great Britain.� One print, coloured woodblock. Japanese paper. 36,7 x 25,5 cm. Dirt and stains on the plates. The colour is still vivid. Good to very good. Text in Japanese. N� de ref. del art�culo 1075

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T�tulo: Seiyo Kikai Hatsumei-ka zu

Editorial: Tokyo: Monbusho, ca. Meiji 6 (1873)

A�o de publicaci�n: 1873

Encuadernaci�n: No Binding

Condici�n: Very Good

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