The blue-ground globular body decorated with pink enamelled lotus flowers borne on foliate scrolls with attendant buds,below a band of further lotus scrolls on the shoulder and waisted neck,the gilded key-fret rim encircling the mouth fitted with a pair of gilt-bronze dragons with arching bodies resting on the shoulder and forming the handle,all supported on three splayed legs issuing from gilt-bronze dragon masks, the domed cover similarly decorated with lotus and foliate scrolls,surmounted by a large lion finial.