Dimensions: 10.5"L x 21.625"H A Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Wanli blue & white figurative motif porcelain garlic vase. The porcelain potted in garlic bottle vase, bulbous lower belly, thick, with rounded shoulder, long cylindrical neck, with shrink on the neck middle to enlarge onion head shape, with slight short mouth rim, raised on short small round, with slight concaved foot base. All reserved in hand painting ornamentations, rendered in clean white under glazed ground color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The lower belly decorated many elder figures in various pursuit below lush tree, scrolling ruyi clouds, among meadow, flowers blooms and garden fence terrace. Ripe fruits tree interspersed foliage on the neck, and scrolling interlocking tendril and flowers blooms festooned on the upper garlic head. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the under glaze grayish-blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground and dark grayish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim. Mark on upper mouth rim, a horizontal six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, Wanli Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty.