With a metal body, this item has a round mouth with protruding rimmed edges and shoulders that slope into a drooping abdominal. The abdominal gradually closes downwards from the middle. The item is held up by a circular foot. A pair of gilded copper Chi dragons are positioned on either side of the joint between the shoulders and abdominal. The abdominal walls are coated with a light blue enamel glaze as a base coat. The decoration on the filigree enamel abdominal is of a hundred deer. The area below the rim is decorated with a continuous triangular geometric pattern of one circle to every two squares. Near the bottom, there is a circular pattern of deformed banana leaves, whilst outside of the circular foot, floral decorations can be found. The composition of the hundred deer is inextricable. Under pines and cypresses, a herd of deer are leisurely running around, creating a peaceful scene of well-being. It is a piece of a hundred deer that mimics the shape of porcelain, also known as a piece of a hundred deer heads. This is an integral furnishing to the Qing Dynasty palace.

H: 48.9 cm