# Vase

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1127 - c. 1279
- Medium: stoneware, glaze
- Classification: grave vase
- Dimensions: diameter 12.6 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-559--083fa19695857fa80780926d6ea85f29)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/VZjEe/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This vase has an unusual oval shape with a tall slender neck around which are depicted clouds, dragons, and immortal beings. This type of vase is known as hunping (vase of the soul). It was placed in a grave along with the deceased with the wish that their soul would safely ascend to heaven.