Covered ewer with powder blue and panels in reserve with flower sprays and birds
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Pitcher with lid of porcelain with elongated body, wide neck, handle and S-shaped curved spout, covered with underglaze bleu poudré (powder blue) and painted in the fields and on the glaze in red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the wall two shaped cartouches in reserve filled with plum branches, plants and birds or water with blooming lotus plants and two birds; on the powder blue ground a decoration in gold with magnolia and plum branches, around the shoulder a band with ruyi motif and one with a geometric pattern, the spout and the handle with decorative bands; the lid with four decorative bands in gold. Bleu poudré with famille verte.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description