Hexagonal vase with women, landscapes and precious objects in panel decoration
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Hexagonal porcelain vase with an angular, pear-shaped body and a long spreading neck, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. The body is covered with a speckled green ground with small flowers and here six scalloped compartments are carved out with a woman (long dress) in an enclosed garden, a landscape and a table with a shishi (lion dog) or qilin with treasures (diamond, coin) or antiquities (vase with coral and peacock feathers or lotus stem), between the compartments hanging stylized lotus flowers; on the shoulder a band with floral scrolls against a speckled green ground; on the neck upright and hanging leaf motifs with floral scrolls, swastika symbol, two bands with ruyi motifs next to a band with floral scrolls against a speckled green ground; the rim with a zigzag pattern; around the foot a band with ruyi motif. Restored rim. Famille verte.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description