Funerary vase with Daoist figures

Funerary vases of this type, inspired by the celadon wares of Zhejiang with appliquéd dragons of the Tang dynasty (cat. no. 194), appeared in a taller version on Northern Song qingbai, without the series of immortal figures on the shoulder (KG 1965.11: pl. 7, fig. 2). Vases, increasingly decorated with elements from immortals to mythological creatures in elaborate arrangements, have been unearthed from tombs of the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries in Jiangxi (KG 1989.7: 672; WW 1992.2: 34). The figures depicted here include a dragon, phoenix, deer, and other beasts as well as immortals themselves. The four-loop design seen on both the lid and the neck was employed on other Yuan pieces as well (KG 1963.10: 576; 1992.2: 34).