Baluster vase with a hunting scene and borders with floral scrolls
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Large, baluster-shaped porcelain vase, painted in underglaze blue and with gold over the glaze. On the body, a hunting scene with hunters on horseback and on foot with weapons and dogs in a landscape with trees, mountains, and rocks. Below, a band with lotus scrolls. Above the foot, a band with standing leaf motifs. On the shoulder, a band with lambrequins containing alternating lotus and flower scrolls. Above that, a band with fretwork with a flower rosette interrupted by cartouches with flowering plants (lotus, peony, bamboo, chrysanthemum, prunus). The neck with a band of lotus scrolls. On the rim, a band with ruyi motifs. The lid with the same decoration. The finial in the form of a shishi. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description