It is very rare to find enamelled wares decorated with as many as six panels to the sides, each enclosing a European figure; this example appears to be unique. The European ladies within each shaped panel can be compared to those on other Beijing enamelled wares, see those on the ewer included in the Special Exhibition in Kaoshiung City Loaned by the National Palace Museum, Great National Treasures of China, Catalogue, no. 93 and on a barrel-form jar illustrated, no. 85; for examples of ladies with children, see the champleve cup and stand and the ewer illustrated op. cit., fig. 60 & 61. Compare also to the vase sold in Hong Kong, 17 May 1989, lot 422, enamelled with pairs of ladies within each panel.