A glazed ceramic vase of baluster form with a wide base that smoothly tapers toward the center. The narrow, cylindrical neck flares upward. The rim is surmounted by a strict geometric band featuring gilded spiral meander patterns and a wave motif. A high-relief figure of a Chinese dragon entwines the lower section of the body. The dragon is executed in dark, blue-gray, and ochre-red tones, with detailed rendering of its scales, bared maw, and claws. A dimensional figure of a bird (phoenix) in flight with outspread wings is positioned in the central section, its plumage echoing the colors of the dragon figure. The middle part of the body is decorated with a red-brown geometric trellis (grid) pattern interspersed with golden-green vegetal shoots.

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