A blue-and-white porcelain jar and cover. Broad-based potiche spreading gently at the foot; with unglazed base, short neck and low, domed cover, with spreading rim and pointed blue knob. Painted round the sides are three ranks of rectangular panels containing, alternately, mountain landscapes and flowering plants, including chrysanthemum, peony, peach, camellia, prunus and lotus; and round the shoulder and neck, a narrow chequered border and lotus scroll in white reserved on blue. The cover is decorated to match.

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