Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain青花釉里红五龙纹大缸

我国古代传说中的灵异神物，亦乃万兽之首。传说虎须鬣尾，身长若蛇，有鳞似鱼，有角仿鹿，有爪似鹰，能走，亦能飞，能倒水，能大能小，能隐能现，能翻江倒海，吞风吐雾，兴云降雨。

龙在中国传统的十二生肖中排列第五。青龙与白虎、朱雀、玄武一起并称“四神兽”。

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Yuan Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain Vase 元青花釉里红龙柄鸡头壶

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Yuan Blue and white underglaze red Porcelain Vase 元青花釉里红梅瓶

元青花釉里红莲池鱼藻纹梅瓶.

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Yuan Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain Vase 青花釉里红凤纹扁壶

According to the history of Chinese Porcelain, this piece of art is the only piece in the world, in one of the museums in China.This is a replica which was made many years back, the exact time is yet to be ascertained.

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Yuan Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain Vase 三顧茅庐

三 顾 茅 庐

This is another vase of the same period as those shown earlier.Vase with wide ovoid body,short, straight neck, and wide mouth with flanged lip, and two handles in the form of dragon masks pierced for rings.

 

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Yuan Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain Vase 王昭君出塞

王 昭 君 出塞。

This is yet another vase of the same period

Vase with widevoid body,short, straight neck, and wide mouth with flanged lip, and two handles in the form of dragon masks pierced for rings.

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Yuan Blue and White underglaze red Porcelain Vase 青花釉里红开光镂花盖罐

This is another vase

Note the Chinese characters written on the vase:

大蒙古成吉思汉万岁。万岁。万万岁。

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