Basin in the form of a fluted, fan-like shell with wavy rim, and depressed base supported on three limpet-shell feet. In the centre of the basin, a shaped panel with lobed black border painted with scrollwork, the radiating, fan-like panels in two ranks, painted with floral sprays on variously coloured grounds. The rim is gilt. It has a matching ewer RCIN 20091.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.