The wall-vase was a very popular form during the Qianlong period and it is surprising that it did not inspire more bottles, such as this extremely rare example. The fine carving, design elements and specific choice of unusual, wall-vase form suggest that this bottle may be a product of the Palace workshops.

While the flat side of functioning wall-vases in other materials are usually undecorated, as they would not have been intended to be seen, the careful attention paid by the artist to carefully position the attractive crystilline markings on the flat side of the present bottle suggest that the flat side was intended to function visually as well as the front. The two loops flanking the neck would have allowed the bottle to be worn as a pendant.