The body and neck dramatically painted with a bold overall pattern of tree peony between lotus band border, the voluptuous blossoms depicted in bud, in full bloom and as if viewed from different angles, the leaves and petals unusually combed with very dense, naturalistic veins showing through a heavily 'heaped and piled' underglaze blue of a deep and exceptionally vibrant color, with extensive blue flecks from excess cobalt around the design, the base with four character seal.