This vase incorporates many archaistic elements. Its shape is derived from a 13th – 10th-century bce ritual wine vessel (zun), and its glaze recalls 12–14th-century green-glazed wares of the Longquan kilns. There are differences however. This vase is larger than the original bronzes, and is made of white porcelain rather than gray stoneware. Its decoration, too, departs from the original. On the central band of a Bronze Age zun, dragons faced each other instead of chasing each other as they do here. Furthermore, dense landscapes were never among the carved motifs on Longquan celadon stonewares.