Following a Sassanian metal prototype, the upright globular body painted in bright tones of underglaze blue with characteristic 'heaping and piling', with a large composite floral meander, the open blooms including peony, musk mallow, lotus, camellia and chrysanthemum enclosed by scrolling stems with their characteristic leaves, the top of the rounded shoulder with a raised band with pendent lappets enclosing ruyi-shaped trefoils, all below a tall cylindrical neck painted with waves between classic scroll and keyfret borders, set to one side with a handle moulded as a dragon, Yongzheng mark, 6 1/2" H.