well modelled and flattened at the back, the ovoid body sweeping up from a short splayed foot to a broad shoulder and waisted neck, the neck flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll handles, all resting on a trompe l'oeil gilt-decorated faux-bois stand, the body centred with a slightly sunken gilt-bordered lobed cartouche enclosing a scene depicting gnarled and intertwining foliate stems issuing multi-coloured floral buds and blooms, including camellia blossoms, two small butterflies rendered fluttering nearby, the cartouche surrounded by stylised lotus blooms borne on scrolling foliage, below a descending bat suspending a tasselled chime painted on the neck, all reserved on a rich ruby-red ground, a pendent ruyi band picked out along the mouthrim, below a dotted band repeated at the foot, the footrim further bordered with a floral frieze, the interior enamelled turquoise, the 'wood' base gilt-inscribed with a horizontal four-character seal mark