the well-potted ovoid body rising from a short splayed foot to a tall waisted neck and flaring rim, the neck flanked by a pair of iron-red ruyi handles with gilt highlights, the exterior of the ovoid body finely enamelled against the white ground with a continuous scene depicting a pair of quail resting on a rocky band detailed with sprays of floral blooms, including chrysanthemum, peony and cockscomb, the reverse with roses borne on leafy stems issuing from rockwork, all between turquoise-ground bands with ruyi blooms and interlaced lotus sprays encircling the shoulder and lower body, the neck similarly decorated with lotus scrolls against a turquoise ground, further painted on each side with a bat suspending a chime between ruyi and pink floral bands bordering the rim and lower neck, the turquoise-enamelled base centred with a white cartouche inscribed in iron-red enamel with a six-character seal mark within a square