White, or greyish white, glass-like vitreous paste that is slightly thicker than other porcelain types.

Glaze is poorer in quality, having a slight "oatmeal" texture to the surface and occasional pinholes.

The background color is grayish white, and designs are executed in broad brush strokes using a range of blues from watery gray-blue to cobalt.

Design execution is simple, using bold brush strokes and various shades of blue ranging from watery grayish-blue to cobalt.

Motifs in the central medallion are Chinese garden or village scenes, including a pagoda, bridge and boats. Rim decoration on Canton Ware is of crude blue lattice network with an inner border of wavy or scalloped lines.