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The Porzellansammlung (Porcelain Collection) in the Zwinger is one of the most comprehensive ceramic collections in the world, with over 20,000 pieces spanning Chinese, Japanese, and Meissen porcelain. Augustus the Strong was famously obsessed with porcelain, calling it his 'maladie de porcelaine.'
Augustus the Strong began collecting porcelain decidedly after 1700. He also founded the Meissen porcelain factory in 1710 (Europe's first) after alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger cracked the formula. The Zwinger collection was first displayed in 1717.