The vessel has a deep, rounded body raised on three tall legs that splay at the bottom, and is flat cast around the sides with two registers of abstract interlaced dragons, all above a frieze of pendent lappets each containing a taotie mask set amidst hooked scrolls and curls. The center of the cover is cast with a medallion enclosing a feline with granulated body set within a narrow band of dragons. H23.5 x 20.5 cm