A KPM porcelain blue 'lapis'- ground 'Persischer Vase' circa 1825-30

designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, reserved on either side with a gilt-edged rectangular panel finely painted with Persian figures at various pursuits beneath a canopy decorated with floral swags interrupting a wide band of gilt foliate acid-etched scrollwork, the handles molded with a band of colorful precious stones, printed KPM and eagle mark in brown below the sceptre mark in blue.

There is a 1-inch square repaired shallow chip to the bottom of the stem, where it sits into the base and a surrounding area of abrasion to the gilding; the original damage may have been covered by restoration at one point, which has now been removed. There is a small chip to the edge of one jewelled strap about halfway down the side. Otherwise in generally good condition.
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A pair of black-ground vases of the same shape, part of a garniture decorated with colorful flower arrangements, is illustrated by Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow in Berliner Porzellan II, p. 586, cat. no. 553, where the authors indicate its being modelled by Schinkel in 1823. A similar vase was sold at Christie's London, September 27, 2011, lot 48.