The smooth tri-lobed body on three solid legs and cast in thread-relief with a bold chevron design, below a quilled triple band incorporating taotie masks with prominent eyes that is repeated on the domed cover below a loop finial, the curved handle surmounted by a buffalo head and cast in intaglio with C-scrolls set opposite the angled spout also cast with intaglio decoration, with a single link fastening the cover to the vessel, with mottled grey and pale green patina and some malachite encrustation.11 in tall (27.9 cm)