Dimensions: Height: 16.5cm; Diameter at Bottom: 5.6cm; Diameter of Mouth: 6.7cm; Diameter of Belly: 8.5cm

Origin: Excavated from Tomb No.1, Nanjingang, Yueyang City, Hunan Province in 1953

This vase features a small dish-shaped mouth, cylinder-shaped long neck, drum-shaped belly and circular bottom. A thick coating of bright and transparent bluish-green glaze has been applied to both its interior and exterior. It was used as a container of wine or a vase of flowers.

The porcelain of Longquan represented a great school of southern celadon that arose in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was manufactured in fairly vast areas in the southwestern part of East China's Zhejiang Province. The sites of former celadon kilns and workshops are found throughout the counties of Lishui, Suichang, Yuehe, Qingtian, and Longquan on the upper Oujiang River, with Longquan as the production center.