Cylindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Cylindrical porcelain vase with a broad, straight neck and upstanding rim, decorated in underglaze blue. The vase is covered with bleu poudré (powdered blue) with variously shaped cartouches cut out of it. On the body two elongated cartouches: in one, a woman in the window of a pavilion with a man on a dragon above surging waves in front; in the other, two ducks by the riverbank and a third duck flying in the air. Between the elongated cartouches two smaller ones: a fan-shaped cartouche with flowering plants by a rock, and a quatrefoil with a hare. On the other side, in the quatrefoil, a shrimp among water plants. Bleu poudré with blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description