Wanli six-character mark and of the period Boldly painted to the bulbous mid section with bowls and baskets containing fruit and flower sprays, the tapering lower body with butterflies and insects amongst flowering plants issuing from pierced rockwork, above a border of scattered blossom and wood-grain pattern, the neck with bands of formal leaf lappets and a variegated floral meander, within moulded bands, the rim with the horizontal six-character reign mark on a foliate scroll band. 57.5cm (22 5/8in) high.