porcelain, the body with narrow and wide gilt edging, lid with large cartouche supported by a boy in Roman armour, the rocaille handles also with 2 boys in Roman armour with arms extended, the rim with curving leaf rocailles on both sides and a palmette at the centre, the facing side and reverse with large reserves with "Weichmalerei" (soft-paste painting), the facing side decorated with splendid polychrome flowers, fruit and grapes, the reverse side with a pumpkin, sliced melon and grapes with grape vines in the Impressionist style, the bottom right signed P. Miethe, fec. 1900, flanked by leaf rocailles heightened with gilt with blossoms and leaves extending to the handle join, the base with metal ring and spike for vase top, a sculpted floral frieze heightened with gilt, leaves and fruit, white foot with gilt decoration, leaves, leaf rocailles and green bands on the base, height: overall 125 cm, width: 69 cm, minor parts with restorations
KPM-Berlin, underglaze blue sceptre mark, red painter mark KPM ca. 1900, model no. 3607, master modeller Alexander Kips, modelled by Hinke, gilt painter no. 73 Karl Haube 1886-1927 at the manufactory (Ru)

Source KPM-Berlin: The vase model 3607 refers to a “lidded vase with putto handles, decorated with reeds and flowers, the putto on the lid holding a shield”, first version 1891.
On occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I. of Austria in 1898 a vase numbered 3607 was produced with the identical model.
The above vase appears in historical pictures of the KPM boot at the 1900 Paris World Fair, KPM Form 423 3. This exceptionally large and imposing vase with lid and decorated with 3 boys in Roman uniform is in all probability a singular piece and has not yet been documented in the relevant literature.

Lit.:
Franca Dietz, Die Sammlung Hassan Sabet, Blühende Zeit der KPM, Die Weichmalerei auf Berliner Porzellan, 2013.
p 491, Miethe, Paul Carl Friedrich, (1864-1914), floral painter, KPM from 1878 apprenticed, 1883 graduation, 1890 assistant to the artistic director, 1894-1914 head of painting, painter's mark “P. Miethe”/”PM”;
p 41,... the porcelain painter Paul Miethe, contributed significantly to this success. He specialised in Weichmalerei, and his floral and fruit still lifes achieved an incomparable effect.
p 87, ... Under the overall of Director Alexander Kips, Paul Miethe, as the head of the painting department during the ten year period between 1894-1914, was in charge of training porcelain painters.
p 88, Paul Carl Friedrich Miethe was born on 20. February 1864 in Berlin. In 1878 at the age of only 14 he joined the "Berlin Porzellanmanufaktur" as an apprentice. p 89, ill. 38, 39;
p 90, Particularly among floral- and landscape painters it was established practice to sell their own designs to KPM.
... purchased from the Berlin painter Paul Miethe in 1889, four water-colour studies and in 1897 a study of grapes by Miethe for 100 Mark, ill. 40, 41;
p 266, ... the signed and dated "Weichmalerei" was produced by Paul Miethe in 1892, his atmospheric compositions depicts gleaming grapes, peaches, blossoming azaleas, and a pomegranate, ill. p 267;
p 320, ill. signed Paul Miethe 1902;
p 330, Dinner service Augusta, first version 1865, ill. signed P. Miethe;
p 342, Dinner service Rococo-Form, first version 1872, P. Miethe 1900;
p 475,... a four part lamp, with 3 angel heads... the image panels signed “P. Miethe” and. “P. M.”, ill;
p 489, Schmid, A.: Weltausstellung in Paris 1900, Das Porzellan, in Sprechsaal 33, 1900, p 1563-1564;
p 489, Siemens Wilhelm, All Nations are Welcome, Porzellan der Weltausstellungen 1851- 1910, Schriften und Kataloge des Deutschen Porzellanmuseums;
p 489, Vockerat, Ph., Die königl. Porzellan- Manufaktur auf der Weltausstellung 1900. In deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 6, 1900, p 478-482;
p 489, Weltausstellung in Paris 1900, Amtlicher Katalog der Ausstellung des Deutschen Reiches, Berlin 1900;
Lit.:
E. Köllmann, M. Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, Textband, 1987, 98,...
In the main, these designs were carried out by sculptor Paul Schley, Carl Bernewitz and Martin Fritsche as well as the painter Prof. Paul Miethe; of greater importance is the painting by Paul Miethe. While it appears slightly pasty and pale, and despite its evocation of Dutch old masters and the Rococo, it possesses at singular quality of its own in the soft, occasionally relief-like, application of the paints;
p 139, ill. 77, A casket with five sculpted figures by Paul Schley and Martin Fritsche, including a warrior in Roman armour. p 208,… aside from Kips, the painting style was most significantly influenced by the floral painter and head of the painting department Paul Miethe, who employed a soft, sumptuous kind of painting, nevertheless generally suited to porcelain and recalling French pre-Impressionist painting, such as for example Fantin le Tour.