Blue and white plum vase with dragon pattern

[Blue and white dragon vase with patterns]

Blue and white dragon vase with patterns, 43 cm in height, 6.7 cm in diameter and 15 cm in foot diameter
The mouth of the bottle is tilted outward, the neck is short, and the shoulders are gradually closed to the bottom. Full body blue and white decoration. The shoulder is painted with deformed ganoderma lucidum and lotus petal pattern for one week. The body of the bottle is painted with two dragons wearing tangled branches, and the bottom of the bottle is also painted with deformed ganoderma lucidum and lotus petal patterns for a week. The shoulder of the bottle has six characters of blue and white regular script “made in the calendar year of the Ming Dynasty”
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, blue and white porcelain ware was of various types, and the trend of making large utensils was very popular. At that time, the highest blue and white plum vase reached more than 60 cm. Its shape is mostly skim mouth or small straight mouth, long neck, hard folded shoulder, and thin and long abdomen. The decorative patterns are also very diverse, including cloud dragon, tangled flowers, figure patterns and so on. This vase is tall and regular, its glaze is moist, and its blue and white color is blue and purple. It is the representative of the Wanli blue and white ware.

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