The jar is superbly enamelled in tones of pink, yellow, green, blue and white, with intertwined scrolling sprays of peony, passion flower and lotus, wrapped around with a simulated brocade sash tied in a large bow, against a ground of intertwined floral sprays interspersed with butterflies and peach sprigs. The shoulder is decorated with four cartouches containing half-hidden lotus blooms in dark pink against a light blue ground, separated by rose blooms on a yellow ground. The neck is decorated with twelve petal panels containing sprays of lingzhi. The domed cover is decorated with four peony blooms alternating with lotus, in pink and blue against a yellow ground, the gilt-metal finial surrounded by a border of blue ruyi-heads. The base is enamelled in red with the reign mark split within two conjoined blue circles, reserved on a pale green ground, with a border of eight scrolling asters in pink, yellow and blue.