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 on 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 serverwork 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. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description