The blue and white jar depicts five-claw dragon flying over ocean waves chasing after flaming sphere, between scrolling lappet bands, signs of repair on the vase.|Ming Dynasty period.||Height: 13 in (33.0 cm) Width: 11 in (27.9 cm)|明永樂 青花龍紋罐|此罐造型、紋飾均為官窯著意追摹成化天字罐之佳器，直口豐肩，造型飽滿，體量不大但氣象萬千。罐身肩部飾垂蓮瓣紋，腹部繪兩條應龍戲珠紋，下襯海水江崖，脛部圍以仰蓮瓣紋一周，與肩部紋飾相呼應。整體青花發色偏向淡雅，與晚期紫豔的呈色大不相同，尤其是應龍紋與海水紋分別用不同色階之青花繪就，在明代花器中極為罕見。通體施釉溫潤，微微泛出蛋青色。