The octagonal vase has a copper body with an applied rim and base plate, both of which have been enamelled over. The white enamel ground has been thickly applied to resemble tin-glazed earthenware. Within the foot-ring there is an unenamelled circular ring on which the vase would have been stood during the firing process. The vase is enamelled in a palette reminiscent of Dutch Delft ware and is of a shape originally produced in Delft during the second half of the eighteenth century as part of five-piece garnitures (kaststel). Such vases were produced again during the later eighteenth century. The shaded blue musen enamel decoration of the panel shown here is of hunting dogs passing a church in a European landscape. The panel is surrounded by hybrid mixture of stylised grasses and floral motifs. The enamelled base carries the mark of the Ando Company in brass yusen. As with the other Deft-inspired vase in the collection (276), it is unclear whether this rather exotic vessel was intended for the Japanese or foreign market.