A rare Chinese blue and white Imperial dragon vase, 1573-1619, Wanli six-character mark and period. Boldly painted in strong cobalt blue with two writhing dragons, the body bisected by two raised flanges, the neck reduced 22.3 cm high. Provenance: R and v Tregaskis, Sydney, 18/2/1998; ex Leonard Cox collection, Melbourne, cat no 3. See S. Marchant & Sons, 'Ming Blue and White: Jiajing-Chongzhen', 12/11/2004, cat no 18, for another example; Also, 'Imperial Overglaze' 'Enamelled wares', Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, cat no 25, p 20 for a wucai example