Baluster vase
- Date
- Edo period (1603–1868), c. 1730
- Object type
- dish
- Technique
- underglaze paint, forming, , firing
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 23 x 10 x 8.5 cm cm
- Location
- The White Pavilion - Dining Room, ground floor
- Place of Origin
- Arita (Japan)
- Owner
- The Royal Łazienki
- Acquisition name
- l'acquisition
- Museum number
- ŁKr 1540/1
The vase is shaped like a baluster, a decorative element in the form of a small column with a pear-shaped bulge at its centre. The body is adorned with two irregularly shaped cartouches set against a gilded ground decorated with peonies. The cartouches feature flowering plants emerging from scholar’s stones on one side and a gourd-shaped double-bulge vase on the other. Semi-relief appliqués in the form of plum blossoms appear below the neck.
