Of archaistic shape, the vase is well potted and finely decorated in vibrant enamels with pairs of sinuous dragons in turquoise and iron-red, on the compressed globular mid-section, around the spreading foot, and on the tall trumpet neck, each pair divided by sets of vertical flanges, and the sections separated by bands of scrolls and petal lappets, the everted mouth rim encircled on both sides by freely scrolling flowers. H31x15.5cmPROVENANCE: From a private collector in kyushu, Japan. Purchased in the late Meiji period.