The exquisite vase is similar to the traditional appliance well-known in Neolithic China, shaped with a small-bore mouth, long straight neck and a sleek bulbous body.

This stately vase features with the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, Azure Dragon (the spirit of the east), White Tiger (the spirit of the west), Crimson Bird (the spirit of the south), and Black Tortoise (the spirit of the north depicted as a snake coiling around a tortoise). The four sprites surrounding with fire are collected into together referring the wish of preventing evils and the desire of propitious life.