The vessel is finely cast with a widened broad pear-shaped body standing on a splayed foot with a loose over-head arched handle. It is boldly decorated in relief with raised flanges to the sides dividing large taotie masks on the body below and above a band of confronted kui dragons to the shoulder. The handles are connective chain shaped with mythical creatures handling the chains at the mouth. The domed cover is decorated with raised flanges separating two taotie masks above a band of kui dragons, and is surmounted by a mushroom finial. Dimensions:H.28.6 cm