Blue and white skyball vase with dragon pattern

[Blue and white cloud-dragon pattern celestial sphere bottle]

Blue and white cloud-dragon pattern celestial sphere bottle, Ming Yongle, height 41.5cm, caliber 9.3 cm, foot diameter 15.5cm. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This vessel is large and upright, with a round mouth and a straight neck. The mouth is the same size as the neck, the abdomen is round, and the shoulder is the same size as the bottom. It is commonly known as the “celestial sphere bottle”. The whole blue and white decoration is divided into two layers from top to bottom. The outer mouth is decorated with honeysuckle patterns, with branches and leaves as the skeleton, extending to the left and right to form a continuous edge decoration, and the neck is decorated with 6 cloud patterns. The whole abdomen is painted with cloud and dragon patterns. The dragon body is large, the mouth is open, the eyes are angry, the mane is upward, and the head is turned back, the limbs are stretched forward, and the three claws are strong. The gaps between the dragon bodies are decorated with cloud patterns of various shapes to set off the momentum of the dragon in the sky. The flat white glaze has no style
Tianqiu bottle is an innovative tool of Jingdezhen kiln in Jiangxi Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The shape of this weapon is full. The blue and white dragon has three claws. Looking back, the mane of the mane is flying, and the portrayal is exquisite and powerful. The imported blue material is used to depict the patterns. There are naturally formed iron crystal spots during the firing process, which further shows the fierce and lifelike nature of the dragon. This is a typical piece of blue and white porcelain with dragon pattern in Yongle period.

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