Elegantly potted with a bulbous body raised on a short, slightly splayed foot, the curved handle with a ruyi-head tab, inscribed with a title of a government official, the upper register filled with finely incised floral scrolls while the lower body is incised with phoenixes amidst clouds, the cover with a ball finial decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a scroll of leafy flowers below petal lappets. {Height: 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm)}.