The rounded sides resting on a short straight foot, well painted in 'famille-rose' enamels with a small grassy patch issuing long slender stems of blooming peony interspersed with tight and opening buds and two stems extending to the interior part, the flowers coloured in shaded tone of orange, yellow and white, and the leaves rendered in tones of light and dark green, the base inscribed with a four character 'Shen De Tang Zhi' mark. Late Qing Dynasty period.