Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Jiajing Wucai dragon teapot. Potted with a wide bulbous lower belly, slightly oval, gently waisted toward rotation prominent neck, and dome lid reverse bowl with finial bud, emerging curved spout and looped u-shape flanked on the shoulder collar, densely decorated, All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the Wucai design color. Wucai or five-color shades and tones, brightly painted in Wucai design, Opaque colors around the exterior, between the filling motif decorated in colorful painting. All exterior adorned with Flying Phoenix beside snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a vivid tones color dragon squama rounded the bowl to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye. 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 six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Jiajing Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.Height:9.13 inWidth: 7.13 inDepth: 5.75 in