The opening of the vase turns outwards and has a long slim neck which smoothly curves into shoulders. Two golden rings encircle the shoulders and stick out from the surface. The midsection is ball shaped whilst the foot of the vase is round. The entire vase has been coated with a white glaze whilst the outer rim of the mouth has been circled with golden lines. Under the golden rim, motifs are painted in pastel colors. At the top of the shoulders are two golden rings, each different in diameter. Within the two rings are painted intertwining flower patterns. Towards the bottom, a circle of deformed lotus petal patterns are arranged. The patterns on the neck and midsection are formed from a variety of different pastel colored butterflies. The words, Made in the Guangxu Period of the Qing Dynasty, are written on the bottom in a iron red, Chinese calligraphy style and arranged in two lines of six characters. As this type of long necked vase with a ball shaped midsection was once used by Qing Dynasty to reward officials, they are often called reward vases. Reward vases often display a wide variety of decorations. Pastel colored butterfly vases were one of the standard styles from Guanxu Period.

H: 40 cm