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On September 17, 2009, Customs Branch at Danang International Airport  hands over an ancient porcelain jar to Danang Museum for preservation and display with the witness of the representative from Danang Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.

The jar is round and colorful glazed with 17cm height (including its lid), 12cm diameter . Two dragons flanking the moon were decorated on its body and lid, they are very sharp, red, with 5 claws in their legs and there are the strips of clouds with three colors - white, yellow and pink.Waves of water were decorated under the dragons; the waves were shown in white and water was also shown in blue. The jar’s lid and its body’s top and base were attached with bronze hems and its bottom had red seal.

This is an ancient porcelain jar that was dated in the 19th century, belonged to Nguyen Dynasty’s culture.

                                                                                                          By Thien Trang

(24/09/2009)
 

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