A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'dragon and phoenix' vase

Yuan / early Ming dynasty

元 / 明初 龍泉窰青釉印花龍鳳紋環耳瓶

the pear-shaped body rising from a rounded foot to a waisted neck with a flaring scalloped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of ribbed loop handles issuing from beast masks and suspending fixed rings, one side of the body molded with a pair of sinuous fish-dragons diving toward a floating lotus blossom, the opposite side similarly molded but with a pair of phoenix, all between bands of keyfret, a band of upright plantain leaves encircling the neck, covered overall in an olive-green glaze, ormolu stand (2)

Height 7 ? in., 19.7 cm