青花海水纹香炉，明永乐，高55.5cm，口径37.3cm，足距38cm。
Blue and white sea water grain censer, mingyongle, height 55.5cm, caliber 37.3cm, foot distance 38cm.
炉阔口，短颈，鼓腹，下承以三象腿形足，肩部置两朝天耳。内施白釉。外壁通体绘海水江崖纹。
The stove has a wide mouth, a short neck and a bulging belly. It has three legs shaped feet and two ears facing the sky on its shoulders. White glaze is applied inside. The outer wall is painted with sea water and river cliff pattern.
此器与青海省博物馆藏“大明永乐年制”款铜炉器形相似。其形体硕大，青花色泽浓艳，晕散明显，凝结的黑斑密布于纹饰中。纹饰寓意江山永固。能够烧造如此有气魄、纹饰精美的瓷器，反映出当时景德镇窑工高超的制瓷技艺。
It is similar to the shape of the bronze stove in the Museum of Qinghai Province. Its shape is huge, blue and white color is thick and colorful, halo is obvious, congealed black spots are densely distributed in the decoration. The pattern implies the eternal stability of the river and the mountain. Being able to make such magnificent and exquisite porcelain reflects the superb porcelain making skills of Jingdezhen kiln workers at that time.
明永乐、宣德时期瓷器上的海水纹通常有起伏相叠的波浪及涌起的浪花，其装饰性比元代大大加强。
In Yongle and Xuande period of Ming Dynasty, the sea water patterns on porcelain usually had waves and waves, which were more decorative than those in Yuan Dynasty.