A CARVED HARDSTONE RITUAL POURING VESSEL WITH A REMOVABLE LID, SHAPED IN THE FORM OF A GUANG. THE POURING SPOUT IS SCULPTED AS A LARGE, PROMINENT MYTHICAL DRAGON HEAD WITH AN OPEN MOUTH, BARBED TEETH, AND CURLED HORNS. THE OPPOSING REAR FLANK COMPRISES AN ATTACHED HANDLE SCULPTED AS A VERTICAL CHIMERA BEAST GRASPING THE MAIN RIM. THE ROUNDED COAXIAL COVER IS TOPPED BY A FULLY RETICULATED, LOOPING DRAGON FINIAL. THE MAIN BODY SITS ON THREE LOW, ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMAL-PAW FEET. THE PIECE IS CARVED FROM A PALE CELADON-GREEN AND SAGE HARDSTONE, HEAVILY VARIEGATED WITH OPAQUE ORANGE, RUSSET, AND TAN WEATHERING SEAMS THROUGHOUT THE COVER AND UNDERBELLY BASE. NO SCRIPT MARKS OR REIGN CODES VISIBLE ON THE UNDERSIDE.
MEASURES APPROX, 7.5″ TALL AND 10.5″ LONG