Of ovoid form, the wide body raised on a short footring, the tall waisted neck rising to an everted rim, the body intricately decorated in famille rose enamels with cartouches of various forms including peach and pomegranate, each enclosing a different scene of figures in various pursuits, all reserved against a blue ground with dense colourful floral scrolls, the neck similarly decorated, the shoulder with five dragons against a ruby ground, the base with the circular seal mark of Qianlong on a gold ground, encircled by five scaly five-clawed dragons among clouds and flames, within a border of blue-ground floral scrolls. Period: Republic (1912-1949). Height: 35.5 cm.