Vase depicting a Zaporozhian cossack, c.1825 (porcelain)

Of urn-shape, the tapering cylindrical reddish-brown body painted with two reserves, the first depicting a Zaporozhian cossack resting in a green field, his rifle and hat beside him, his horse in the background, a monument to the left with the Ukrainian inscription which reads: 'Thank you Zaporozhian Brothers. You served Ukraine and Moscow soil is grateful to you. The glory of your Cossack bravery will never be forgotten', the second painted with a landscape flanked by a tree showing a church with a graveyard and a couple on a village road, both scenes inscribed in Ukrainian underneath: 'Khartitsa. An island in Zaporozhie, on the Dniepr' and 'From the time of Kii and Oshold to Mazepa, much water, from the rich waters of the Dniepr, passed', on a circular spreading foot, with moulded rocaille handles, elongated neck with conforming opening with gilt rim