of compressed cylindrical form, the rounded shoulder surmounted by a short galleried rim, the metal body finely enameled with a central band of four pairs of bright blue confronting kuilong divided by abstracted taotie, set between rows of leiwen and a yellow, pink and blue stiff leaf foliate border encircling the shoulder, all on a ground of pale turquoise, the interior and base white-enameled, the base with a four-character mark within a double square in red enamel

Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st November 1952.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

There is an approx. 1.5-cm flake chip to the exterior shoulder and smaller cracks and flakes to the enamel at the interior of the rim and edge of the well, with some of the exposed copper core oxidized. There is minor expected general wear commensurate with use.
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