Representative KPM Berlin potpourri vase so-called "Schilfvase No. 5". White porcelain. On a stepped round foot, with sculpted foliage and winding band, baluster-shaped vase body with short, retracted neck and moulded rim. Domed, open-worked lid, crowned by a large, finely sculpted bouquet of peonies. Sideways ascending reed tufts as handles. Unw. dam. / rest.; sceptre mark. H. 72 cm. This is one of the most important Neo-Rococo vase forms as a support for soft painting, which was remodelled in different sizes and variations in the 1880s under the direction of Alexander Kips after the original design in 1768. Cf. Dietz, Sabet Collection, pp. 125f. A representative porcelain potpourri vase. Insignificantly chipped/restored. Sceptre mark. KPM-Berlin. Circa 1900.