Made from porcelain. The vase has a quatrefoil fluted opening with an oval cross section of the neck, 2 rounded shoulders and a body that tapers down to a fluted base. The vase is decorated with polychrome enamel paints with an image on each side of the vase, one of figures on a traditional Chinese architectural porch and figures sitting and standing, the opposing scene is similar to the figures on a porch on the other side but with different figures. Around the sides of the case are sprays of flowers and butterflies. On the neck of the vase are moulded animal figures in gold paint

There is a Chinese symbol in red painted on the vase underside