The combination of beautiful shapes, refined bodies, sophisticated colors, and elegant painting, which spurred fascination with and desire for these ceramics in the West, is characteristic of Qing period porcelains. The French classified these wares, describing porcelains such as this bottle with its opaque pink enamel as "famille rose." The Chinese call opaque enamels "foreign" or "soft colors", distinct from the translucent unshaded "hard colors" of traditional Chinese enamels. This vase is decorated with images of peaches, pomegranates, loquats, and other auspicious motifs.