Of elegant form, the shaped panels gently moulded and raised. The lower body of baluster shape with tall trumpet neck. The body with six upright slightly raised petal-shaped panels boldly painted with flower-filled baskets: prunus, chrysanthemum, peony and lotus, two of the panels further painted with butterflies hovering above the baskets, the others with hovering insects, all reserved on a line drawing background of flowering blossoms above a double border of blue filled panels reserved in white with scattered flowerheads, the slightly flaring foot with a further lappet border of lines. The upper register repeating the lower body with six panels of baskets of flowers (one with a bird in flight) reserved on a line drawing of flowering branches above a blue filled double petal border filled with scattered flowerheads, the trumpet neck with a lappet border of six panels of full blown blossoms and branches. The base glazed and with an underglaze blue artemesia leaf, the footrim unglazed.
Footnote:
The prunus, lotus, chrysanthemum and peony represent the four seasons; flower baskets symbolise riches and abundance.
