The vase of circular-section with wide shoulders tapering down towards a narrow waisted foot, carved in shallow relief around the body with a wide band of archaistic taotie motifs between further bands of pendent lappets and lotus leaf borders around the waisted neck and above the foot, flanked by two elephant-head handles suspending loose rings, the cover with a further band of archaistic scroll below the tiered finial, the edges of the rim, cover and foot encircled by keyfret borders.