Qing Dynasty, the compressed globular body rising from three short feet to a short neck with a everted lipped rim, the shoulder decorated with a band of keyfret, flanked by two mythical beast knobs, the bronze patinated to a deep brown color, the underside cast with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a rectangle, the wooden base not included. Height 3 1/2 in., Width 6 1/2 in.