Vase with dragonet

The dehua white ware with distinctive decoration shared many common forms with jingdezhen productions during this period. Of these, this form with a straight, long neck and a globular belly was embellished with the special three-dimensional work of dehua potters on its plain-white surface (WW 1984.3: pl. 3). This decorative scheme became popular as early as the eighth century on Zhejiang celadons and spread into Jiangxi from the tenth century onward. But beginning in the Ming, it waned gradually in the area of Jingdezhen. The dehua kilns, however, successively continued to use this scheme with its pleasant ambiance.