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# Blue and White Covered Vase with an Applied Dragon among Clouds, Late Yuan to Ming

Blue and white porcelain vase and cover painted with clouds, a dragon modelled in clay coiling round the shoulder in relief, late Yuan to Ming.

**Period:** [Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)
**Category:** [Ming Dynasty Porcelain](https://realrareantiques.com/product-category/antique-chinese-porcelain/ming-dynasty-porcelain/)
**Dimensions:** Height 52 cm (with cover) · Height 44 cm (without cover) · Diameter 30 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0102
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A [blue and white](https://realrareantiques.com/chinese-blue-and-white-porcelain/) porcelain vase with broad rounded shoulders, a narrow neck painted with pointed leaves and a high, flared foot. The shoulder is painted with clouds and trailing cloud wisps, and over them coils a dragon modelled in clay and applied in relief, with a finely scaled body, a flowing mane and long whiskers, its surface a warm ochre brown. Below, a band of leaf scroll and a ring of panels enclosing clouds lead to a foot painted with a chrysanthemum scroll.

The tall cover fits over the neck. Its flat top is painted with linked clouds, and its rounded sides with clouds above a lattice band, standing on short feet. The base of the vase is unglazed, fired orange, with concentric throwing rings. We attribute the vase to the late Yuan to early [Ming dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/).

Height 52 cm with cover, 44 cm without · Diameter 30 cm

**Learn more:** [The Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)

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