A PAIR OF VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS EMBLEMATIC OF VICTORY AND PEACE CIRCA 1739 Each with a male or female figure standing atop a flattened domed cover, two figures of bound prisoners of war seated at each side on the gilt gadrooned rim and flanking a stylized diaper-pattern lappet, Victory as a virtually nude male standing beside a seated lion or snarling dog and holding aloft a striped drape, Peace as a female figure wearing flowered skirt and puce cuirasse, a laurel wreath in her hair, standing beside a lamb and holding aloft a green drape; the cylindrical vase molded and applied with two figures of putti at the sides holding blue cornucopiae spilling flowers between a molded upper band of lappets and lower band of gadroons, fantasy birds flying above, on short spreading circular socle, the interior boldly painted with orange and purple flowering branches typical of Du Paquier 16 in. (40.5 cm.) and 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high Provenance Perhaps made to commemorate the signing of the Peace of Belgrade which brought to an end the Russo-Austrian Turkish War of 1736-1739. Acquired by the present owner from a prominent family in Solingen, Germany in whose collection the vases had been for generations.
A PAIR OF VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS EMBLEMATIC OF VICTORY AND PEACE CIRCA 1739 Each with a male or female figure standing atop a flattened domed cover, two figures of bound prisoners of war seated at each side on the gilt gadrooned rim and flanking a stylized diaper-pattern lappet, Victory as a virtually nude male standing beside a seated lion or snarling dog and holding aloft a striped drape, Peace as a female figure wearing flowered skirt and puce cuirasse, a laurel wreath in her hair, standing beside a lamb and holding aloft a green drape; the cylindrical vase molded and applied with two figures of putti at the sides holding blue cornucopiae spilling flowers between a molded upper band of lappets and lower band of gadroons, fantasy birds flying above, on short spreading circular socle, the interior boldly painted with orange and purple flowering branches typical of Du Paquier 16 in. (40.5 cm.) and 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high Provenance Perhaps made to commemorate the signing of the Peace of Belgrade which brought to an end the Russo-Austrian Turkish War of 1736-1739. Acquired by the present owner from a prominent family in Solingen, Germany in whose collection the vases had been for generations.
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