of archaistic hu form and generous proportion, the well-rounded sides deftly painted with a continuous and lively scene of deer in a mountainous landscape setting, finely enameled in naturalistic tones of brown with carefully drawn fur, many of the deer spotted in white and a few with lightly dappled white coats, some resting or grazing, others gamboling, one drinking from a stream and two shown with horns locked in contest, several partially hidden by the dense foliage and twisted trunks of pine and cypress trees amidst craggy rockwork in green and blue enamels of varying tones and detailed with delicately applied black enamel, the pink enamel sparingly applied to two fruiting peach trees and some sprigs of lingzhi, the, the shoulder set with a pair of archaistic dragon-form loop handles in iron-red with gilt details, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue