Vase with Basket of Auspicious Flowers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a tall, white vase with a wide mouth and a narrow base. The vase has a flared rim with a thin gold trim; the rim interior is white with a gold design. The top section of the vase, below the rim, has a repeating pattern of pink shield shapes containing floral designs in white and green. The body of the vase features a colorful design depicting a basket of flowers and branches; the basket is blue, green and pink. The bottom section of the vase has six pink shapes, each containing a blue, green and pink floral design; the pink shapes are outlined in white. The background of the image is dark gray, with a lighter gray surface that the vase is sitting on.