It was a costly and complex masterpiece of gold forging executed by the brothers Johann Melchior and George Christoph Dinglinger; it took as its artistic inspiration the duke's preference for the hunt. The cup stayed in the possession of the ducal house of Saxe-Weissenfels until it became extinct; after this, it again came into the possession of the Electorate of Saxony and can be admired today in the Green Vault (de: Grünes Gewölbe). Christian's marriage was childless. Without heirs, he was succeeded on his death by his younger brother, Johann Adolf II. 1682 births 1736 deaths House of Saxe-Weissenfels People from Weißenfels Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels Albertine branch