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A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801) St Petersburg, late 18th century (2) image 1
A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801) St Petersburg, late 18th century (2) image 2
A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801) St Petersburg, late 18th century (2) image 3
A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801) St Petersburg, late 18th century (2) image 4
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A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801)
St Petersburg, late 18th century

Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet: An Important Dutch Collection
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
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A rare pair of Russian gilt bronze and cobalt blue porcelain pot pourri vases, incorporating elements of design from the coat-of-arms of Paul 1st, Tsar of Russia (1754-1801)

St Petersburg, late 18th century
The pedestal urn bodies with double-headed winged eagle handles, the pierced girdles above medallion order mounts, the domed covers with fruiting stiff leaf and crown and cross finials, the lobed leafy socles raised on re-entrant cut corner square bases, the porcelain with internal underglaze marks (one lid fully restored, the other lid with minute restoration), 12.5cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 24.5cm high (4 1/2in wide, 3 1/2in deep, 9 1/2in high) (2)

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Provenance
Galerie J.Kugel, Paris, February 1997.

This pair of pots pourris, apparently unique examples in Russia, are directly inspired from Sèvres porcelain vases. The ormolu mounts clearly display all of the attributes of Paul 1st while highlighting the Maltese Order Cross.

The celebrated Order of Malta, created during the 12th century, installed itself in Malta in 1530. It is in 1798, after Napoleon's siege of the island that most of the members of the Order fled to Russia. Paul 1st soon became the protector of the Maltese Cross Order and, just after being crowned, he returned to St Petersburg wearing the crown of the Grand Master of the Order of the Chevaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. From that moment onwards, the Maltese Cross was always present alongside his Imperial Coat-of-Arms.

It is likely that this pair of pots pourris is a commission from the Emperor himself, but no supporting archival documents have yet been able to reveal the precise destination of these works of art. It is conceivable that they would have been planned to decorate the chapel of the Order of Malta in the Palace Vorontsov in St Petersburg.

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