Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Wanli blue & red dragon brush pot. The shape having thick potted body, sturdily potted in a bulbous body, oval body, gently tapered on shoulder toward open lip with flori form, raised on small round foot base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the blue and red color. The Exterior decorated with snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a ruby red color dragon squama rounded the bowl to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames. banded with fourth fine blue rings on the upper lip and double fine blue rings on the foot base rim with auspicious pattern. Dragon is the symbol of the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, eternity, Yang and Yin, male vigor and fecundity, the Li-shui wave pattern which is known to be the abode of dragons. The porcelain displays a subtle sheen as the light ricochets across the finely glazed exterior. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a eight script characters reign mark, Made In The ninth Years of Wanli Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.Height:7 inWidth: 13.25 inDepth: 13.25 in