A large blue and white porcelain, cylindrical in shape, tapered towards the bottom and provided with a small brim. The exterior finely painted with "Shi" lions, clouds and flames, framed at the bottom by a leaf motif and at the top by two overlapping bands of different sizes, one with meandering "leiwen" and the other with "ruyi" ". Large “jardiniere” vases like this one were actually mainly conceived as indoor fish tanks, an accessory that is always present in the furnishings of a high social level. These type of tanks usually contained goldfish and were decorated with naturalistic motifs inspired by fauna and aquatic vegetation. Furthermore, their shape tended to be more flared and low compared to our specimen. The lack of internal decoration and the absence of references to the pulustre world suggests that this large vase, with its high walls could serve as an elegant "cage" for small dogs, deposited inside it for short periods, as illustrated in many paintings or drawings of the time.
Completed with non coeval hongmu stand.