Celestial globe vase with decoration of dragon among clouds in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle-Xuande reign (1403-1435)-China Archive

Image Number: K1B008845N000000000PAH
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Round mouth, straight neck, round belly, flat bottom without foot dimple. The celestial bottle is named because it looks like a star in the sky. The mouth edge is decorated with a circle of curly grass pattern, and two green lines are added on the top and bottom respectively. The round belly full-length painting looks back at the flying dragon, with its mouth open, tongue open, teeth exposed, eyes wide open, limbs extended, the dragon body painted with scales, strong and vigorous, and its neck and gap decorated with cross cloud patterns and three cloud patterns. The glaze color is dense with gray, and there are many brown green spots, brown green, brown yellow and iron brown crystal defects, especially scales. The blue and white glaze is full of bubbles, which is sparse, bright and bright. The glaze is bright and moist, and the white glaze is green. The fetal bone is thick and heavy. The round body and neck can see the traces of blank drawing. The exposed fetal bone at the bottom is unglazed. The fetal bone is fine and smooth. In the years of Yongle and Xuande, large-scale objects, such as celestial sphere bottles and flat pots, were popular. The celestial sphere bottles were especially popular in the years of Xuande, and were decorated with cloud dragons, wave dragons and flowers