Of ovoid form, decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a scene of a lady and children reading at a table, a table bearing precious vessels to one side, a man kneels nearby on a patterned carpet playing a qin, to the other, two children play weiqi, all surrounded by plantain and rockwork, the neck with a wide border of rockwork and peony above a band of triangle work in underglaze blue, the base unglazed. Period: Shunzhi (1644‑1661). Height: 18.5 cm.