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FIG. 1
The drawing room of Fonthill House,
19th June, 1888. By permission of Historic
England Archive
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ᩫᆞᅲ჏ᐠ,1888Ꭱ6ᰵ19ᬒ
⚔❴ᢵ‷: Historic England Archive

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rooms, 4 November 1969, lot 182, and again in these rooms, 29 ںजࣰ㔰ڣЃᅧᄥⰥ䓾҉Ҹ喑㎗删ܝ㟞ࡶృ喑
March 2011, lot 2; and a pair depicting ladies on a terrace playing a
࠲᠙̭ᄺ喑㫼䛹᫜᱙ऑ❫᱙ധႶ㒻㶀乕喑ృ䠱᫩
game of go, that pair was also formerly in the collection of Alfred
Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos,ȨPorcelana Chine-
Morrison at Fonthill House, and was sold at Christie’s, London, 18
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October, 1971, lot 30, and then in our Paris rooms, 27 June, 2001, sa/Chinese Porcelainȩ喑䛹᫜᱙, 2003Ꭱ喑ృ❵
lot 316. 58喠ओ㺸̭ᄺ喑ᆙEdmund de Rothschild, Esq.
Comparable vases of this size with elaborately decorated borders, but T.D㜷㫼喑ږᏓਜ਼᫩՘᪓Ҡธᓄ喑ٵᒹ◧1975Ꭱ
painted with phoenixes amongst flowers, include a pair in the Museu
7ᰵ28ᬒ喑㌕㮌181ࣷ1996Ꭱ6ᰵ10ᬒ喑㌕㮌135喠
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, illustrated in Maria Antonia Pinto de
ں㺸̭૛⨣Ҹ喑ܧ㜗Hon. Mrs. Ronal Greville ᩣ
Matos, Porcelana Chinesa/Chinese Porcelain, Lisbon, 2003, pl. 58;
a pair, from the collection of Edmund de Rothschild, Esq. T.D., sold 㫼喑䐶᫩ G. C. Williamson,ȨThe Book of Famille
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twice at Christie’s London, 28 July 1975, lot 181, and again, 10 Roseȩ喑՘᪓喑1927Ꭱ喑ృ❵LVII喍ጓ喎ȡओ㺸
June 1996, lot 135; and a single vase, from the collection of the Hon.
̭ᄺ䡓䰋ృҸ喑ਜ਼՘᪓㬴ჹ℁2010Ꭱ5ᰵ12ᬒ喑
Mrs. Ronal Greville, published in G.C. Williamson, The Book of
Famille Rose, London, 1927, pl. LVII (left). ㌕㮌70ȡ
The terms ‘soldier’ or ‘dragoon’ are frequently applied to vases of ₑ䶋๔⨣ౕ㺬᫦㷘⽞◧Ȫsoldier喍ธڢ喎ȫᝃ
this massive size after an event in 1717, when Augustus the Strong
Ȫdragoon喍咺伻ڢ喎ȫ⨣喑⎽᫩1717Ꭱ∏㭚స⢸
(1670-1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and inveterate
ک㫖ٸḛ䖥ፊӜດऑ᫜➦⩕ښ⮫ธڢᤈः̭ឦ⨤
porcelain collector, traded a regiment of 600 soldiers for a group
of porcelain including several blue and white Kangxi period vases க喑ڣ͚ࢠ࠲᠙᪥Уᅧᄥ㜴᱙৮Ⱕ㠒͸Ꮴ⛆䱿㟞
of this monumental size. Those vases came from the collection of ๔⨣ȡ䕆ឦ⨤க࣌ٵ◧ᮛ傜ธస⢸㚀➦◵e༮᏶
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and had been housed within his own
̭̓⻮ϧ⣺㫼喑ᰫ䮠᫩ດ៶ᄔൎȡ
porcelain collection at Schloss Oranienburg.
᱙৮๔⨣̭ᄺ喑ᰫ◧䭬❫ᑄ䰤ᓤe㣘䛹ḛ 1821
This pair of ‘soldier’ vases was formerly in the collection of
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) and was displayed at Fonthill House 1897 ᩣ㫼喑͓䮠᫩ᩫᆞᅲ喑㦯᫜ќ㸎喑༮❫➦
in Wiltshire, England. After inheriting Fonthill House in 1857, 䘎ȡ1857Ꭱ喑㣘䛹ḛᓋڣ❣᝸͚㎩ឬᩫᆞᅲ喑䯕
Morrison commissioned the internationally renowned architect,
ᒹӬ㖅㿸స䯈ⴒऺᐧヶፘOwen Jones (1809-1874)
Owen Jones (1809-1874), to design a room in an opulent cinquecento
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(16 century) style to house his collection of Chinese ceramics, one 㽚㼵γ̭ԸȪcinquecentoȫ䷕ᵩ⮱ᩣ㫼ბ喑⩕᫩
of the most significant western collections of Chinese ceramics in 䮠݄ڣ͚స⨤கᩣ㫼ȡЃ䕆ឦ⨤கᩣ㫼㷘䂪◧䓾
modern history. Photographs of the interior of Fonthill, taken in June
Аट̷㺬᫦ᰭ◧䛺㺮⮱͚స⨤கᩣ㫼͸̭ȡᓋ
1988, show a number of large ‘soldier’ vases, including one of the
1988Ꭱښᰵ៺ᩊ⮱ᩫᆞᅲڔ䘕⚔❴ҳⰸ喑ͨ჏
present pair, along with other Chinese ceramics from his collection
adorning the grand drawing room (fig.1). ᐠ͚ᩫ㒛γ᪥У๔⨣喑㔹᱙ᄺ⨣͸̭ϓज㺸᫩ڣ
͚喑㜴ڣЃ͚స⨤க⣺৮͓݄喍ృ̭喎ȡ
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