Catalogue Note:
Of archaistic gui form, the compressed globular body supported on a flared circular foot rim, set with two loop handles issuing from mythical beasts' masks, the sides chased in relief with a band of phoenix and ruyi at the top and a central band of flying dragons on the background of water pattern, below a band of stylized floras, the base with an incised Hu Wenming mark within a rectangular gilt panel.