A LARGE YELLOW AND RED-ENAMELED 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) OR LATER

A Chinese porcelain double-gourd vase, sturdily potted on a flared foot rising to a larger globular body, waisted middle section, further with a smaller rounded body topped with a tubular mouth, enameled in iron-red on a yellow ground to leave the designs in reserve, the black enamel outlining dragons and phoenixes with clouds in roundels separated by floral scrolls and auspicious emblems both on lower and upper bulbs, the mouth and middle section each with a floral scroll band, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze blue.
Height: 44 cm.