Blue and white plum vase with auspicious fruit pattern

[Blue and white plum vase with auspicious fruit pattern]

Blue and white plum vase with auspicious fruit pattern, Ming Yongle, 35.5cm in height, 6.5cm in diameter and 14cm in foot diameter
The bottle has a small mouth, curly lips, short neck, full shoulders, and tight abdomen. There is a pearl button on the bottle cap. The whole body is decorated with blue and white patterns, the shoulder decoration is covered with Ruyi cloud head pattern, Ruyi head interior decoration is decorated with branch pattern, the belly is decorated with branch fruit pattern, and the feet are decorated with deformed upper lotus petal pattern and honeysuckle pattern. The cover is decorated with hanging banana leaf patterns, and the cover is decorated with flower and leaf patterns
Plum vases were popular in China from the Song Dynasty to the 18th century. The plum vase has a short neck and a small mouth. It is slender and looks like a railing. Plum vases are used for flower arrangement, but many of the earlier plum vases have a truncated cone shaped lid, which shows that the plum vases were originally containers for liquid, but later their main purpose was to be used as decorations and furnishings, and its practical function has fallen behind. This article is finely decorated and sparsely arranged, reflecting the meaningful style of Yongle porcelain.

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