The pear-shaped body with a tall cylindrical neck rising to a garlic-bulb shaped mouth, the body decorated with iron-red, green and yellow enamels to depict two pairs of upright dragons and a descending dragons contending a flaming pearl, all amidst floral sprays, the bulbous mouth decorated with beaded jewels suspending precious objects, the mouth rim bearing a six-character Wanli reign mark written in a horizontal line, supported on a short ring foot decorated with a band of ruyi heads. Provenance: Estate of Professor Daniel Lee, Annapolis, Maryland, by descent