Champleve enamelling of this type is rare. A gold-ground champleve enamelled altar garniture was included in the Special Exhibition in Kaohsiung City, Great National Treasures of China, Catalogue, nos.56-58, where comparable bowls with a slightly different finish are included, nos.52-55.

The shape and style of the decoration recall porcelain vases of the Yongzheng period. Compare the example with the same shape and treatment of the design from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, p.209, col.pl.38 and pl.58, where a branch grows up one side of the body accompanied by an inscription