The large blue and white jardinière is of bulbous form, depicts dragons flying amidst stylized ruyi clouds and platforms, between lishui band and coin band, six character LONGQING reign mark at the rim.|Ming Dynasty period.||Height: 11 1/2 in (29.2 cm) Diameter: 17 1/2 in (44.5 cm)|明隆慶 青花龍鳳紋大缸 |大缸唇口寬闊，深腹。通體以青花裝飾，腹部繪製主題圖案龍鳳紋，龍鳳神態威猛，呼之欲出，間以火雲紋，更顯動勢。內口沿青花書“大明隆慶年造”六字楷書橫款。隆慶一朝時間短暫，傳世瓷器少見，青花瓷更以其濃豔明麗著稱於世。此缸形體碩大，製作規整，紋飾繪畫精美，為明隆慶青花瓷中的精品。