A Blue and White ‘Shou’ Character Vase Of ovoid form with a high shoulder, the curving walls painted in underglaze blue with the three friends of winter, pine, bamboo and prunus, the foliage sprouting from stylized shou-character-form trunks, the short, straight neck painted with upright banana leaves, the shoulder with band of scrolling lingzhi stems at the shoulder, the base with four character mark of Wanli. Period: Wanli (1572-1620). Height: 15.5 cm.