The globular body rising from a tapering recessed base to a short broad neck with everted rim, covered overall with a thick lustrous dark chocolate-brown glaze carved through to the buff ground with a broad band of meandering leafy blossoming peony, all between line borders, the lower part of the body undecorated and tapering gently to the splayed foot, the shallow foot rim and short neck unglazed. Period: Song/ Yuan. Height: 32.5 cm.