The Yaozhou dish is thinly potted with fifteen petals rising from a flat base with a countersunk disc in the centre, carved to the centre of the interior with a single peony bloom, each lobe carved with a further stylised petal, covered with a glossy glaze of deep olive-green tone. The ewer is potted with lobed sides, carved with a keyfret band around the mouth. The crysanthemum-shaped cover is applied with a small loop for suspension. The cover and ewer are covered with a clear glaze of bluish-green tinge, the base unglazed revealing the fine white body, box.