Description Well potted of elongated pear shape sweeping up to a slender neck, exquisitely painted in vivid cobalt blue with two sinuous five-clawed dragons striding amidst a dense lotus ground, with a band of pendent ruyi heads encircling the mouth, the base inscribed with a four-character Cheng-Te reign mark in underglaze blue, 11 inch high. Provenance: Property of a private Virginia estate collection