Ming vase (UEB uncontracted)

By: Rnib

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Synopsis: This is an image of an ancient vase from the Ming Dynasty in fifteenth century China. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The vase has narrow neck at the top centre of the page. It curves out and down the page, narrowing towards the base. It is white with blue decorations of fruit sprays and leaves. There is a decorative curved line going around the top of the vase. This comes to a point in the top centre of the image. Down from this is a twig with five leaves. Above the line to the left is a twig with one leaf and a rounded fruit. Above the line to the right is a twig with two leaves and a rounded fruit. Down from these decorations is a straight blue band that goes round the top of the vase. Down from the band to the left is a larger twig. This has fourteen leaves and to the centre left a rounded fruit. Just to the right is another fruit or flower. On the right side of the vase is another larger twig. This has five leaves at the top and five oval fruit just down from the leaves. In the centre of the image is a spray of five different shaped lobed leaves and tendrils. In the middle of them are two round fruit which appear to be split open. Down from these decorations is a wide straight blue band that goes round the bottom half of the vase.

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