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Teabowl; soft-paste porcelain, with an extremely glassy glaze which does not 'fit' very well; painted in underglaze-blue with two groups of stylised chrysanthemum's and rocks on one side and stylised peonies and rocks on the other; a butterfly inside the cup base; blue line near rim and on foot; maker's mark on the base.
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