The compressed globuar body finely carved in shallow relief with two archaistic taotie-masks within a raised border, divided by two elaborately pierced handles, each modelled as a dragon head with its wings gracefully outspread beside the horns, all resting gently on the broad mouth rim, supported on three cabriole legs emerged from lion heads, the domed cover similarly carved with taotie-masks, surmounted by a reticulated coiled dragon finial with three evenly divided circular loops16 cm tall, 14.7cm wide, 450 grams