Baluster covered jar with powder blue and flowering plants and animals in panel decoration
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Baluster-shaped lidded pot with long, spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze in gold. The pot is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) and decorated with three rows of compartments: the bottom row has a different flowering plant or tree at a rock with insects in each compartment; the second row also with four different flowering plants (lotus, chrysanthemum, prunus, peony) with birds and/or butterflies. Around the neck four compartments with different flower branches and butterflies; a double circle on the underside. The lid with worn decoration of four compartments with flowering plants on a rock and decorative border. Lid is restored. Bleu poudré with gold.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description