From the ensemble "Four Elements," a naturalistically designed rock base transitions into a baluster-shaped body with a curved gadrooned neck, surrounded by leafy branches. On the front side, there are relief-plastic hunting scenes with fleeing red and black game attacked by hunting dogs. On the reverse side, there is an arrangement of hunting attributes and trophies, surrounded by scattered insects and butterflies. As a cover crowning, the goddess Diana sits on a tree trunk, crowned with a sickle, representing the element of earth and hunting, accompanied by a dog. In her left hand, she holds a bow. At her feet lies a slain hare. Polychrome painting with gold staffage. Possibly by Johann Joachim Kaendler, around 1741/42. Unidentified restoration/repair; crossed swords mark. Height: 63 cm. Elector Friedrich August III, son of August the Strong, commissioned the court sculptor Johann Joachim Kaendler in 1741/42 to create a set of five vases representing the four elements, as a gift to secure an alliance with the French King Louis XV. Due to the changed political situation following the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), the four element vases remained in Dresden. See catalog Pietzsch, Porcelain Parforce, No. 65; Albiker, p. 96f.; Loesch, catalog The Porcelain Cabinet, p. 264ff. with illus. 66.1 and No. 68; State Art Collections Dresden, Inv. No. PE 106. A large porcelain vase representing the element "Earth" with applied and painted decoration, crowned by a figure of Diana, goddess of hunting. Insignificantly restored/chipped. Crossed swords mark. Meissen, 2nd half of the 19th century.