Wanli Type Blue and White Porcelain Dragon and phoenixes Vase. Well potted in square section archaistic fanggu form, the central section applied with four Buddhist lion handles at the compass points, each side further decorated with ascending and descending five-clawed dragons and phoenixes in flight, amidst dense ground of leafy floral stems and pointed rockwork protruding from breaking waves, the rim exhibiting a thin frieze of scrolling tendrils enclosing a six-character mark within a rectangle to mouth rim. Unglazed base. With a wooden storage box. {Height 22 1/4 inches (56.5 cm)}. Condition: Crack on rim. Ask the Asian Art Department for more information.