The outer vase, covered with blue glaze and decorated with a golden floral pattern, has four flower-shaped openings.
單色釉，除了欣賞釉色外，又可欣賞器物的造型和線條；青花，是欣賞它那純淨美麗的藍色，及變化多端的花紋；彩瓷，如本次所介紹的轉心游魚瓶，則是欣賞它瑰麗的色彩。它是由兩層瓶子構成，即所謂的「套瓶」。