A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SOLDIER' VASES AND COVERS

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SOLDIER' VASES AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each finely painted with four large rectangular panels, two depicting a dignitary and a warrior jousting on horseback observed by boys in a walled pavilion courtyard, alternating with ladies and boys strolling in a walled garden, each panel surrounded by borders of morning glory and placed above a horizontal band of floral roundels reserved on a 'cracked-ice' pattern ground, the lower section with descending cinquefoil reserve-decorated floral lappets alternating with triangular motifs, the latter repeated on the domed covers
40¼ in. (102.5 cm.) high, giltwood stands (2)

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The term 'soldier' or 'dragoon' was adopted in the early 18th century to describe this type of exceptionally large vase after Frederick Augustus I (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony, and King of Poland, an avid collector of Asian porcelain and a founder of the Meissen factory, traded a regiment of cavalrymen for a group of vases from the collection of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia in 1717. Among these were eighteen blue and white vases similar to the present lot.

Very similar 'soldier' vases and covers are at Petworth House, West Sussex. Related 'soldier' vases, without covers and with waisted necks, are also known with this design, and garnitures may have been formed combining the two shapes. A pair of vases of this variant shape was sold in our New York Rooms, 23 January 2007, lot 12.