Kangxi blue and white porcelain ‘soldier’ vases take six-figure sum at Dorset auction
A pair of Kangxi blue and white porcelain ‘soldier’ vases and covers hammered at £180,000 when Duke’s of Dorchester sold selected contents from Breamore House, near Fordingbridge in the New Forest.
Standing an imposing 3ft 6in (1.06m) high and dated to c.1700, the vases have long occupied a guard-…