Of compressed globular shape standing on three conical feet and two upright handles, decorated with floral cartouches enclosing Arabic inscriptions and insterpersed further with lotus scrolls and foliage. The bottom incised with a four Chinese Qianlong character mark. The pierced cover surmounted by an openwork gilt-metal knob finial, decorated with lotus scrolls. 25 cm. height, 20 cm. diam.