拍品专文
Massive soldier vases - so difficult to pot and fire that in 1712 Père d'Entrecolles reported, "out of twenty-four eight only suceeded..." - were destined for the grandest houses in Europe. A pair identical to these is found in the Long Gallery at Osterley Park, likely those described by Sophie de la Roche in her 1786 diary entry about a visit to Osterley: "There are tremendous Japanese vases in there, also, large enough to conceal Carl [her younger brother]".