Modelling after a metal prototype,superbly potted with a baluster body divided into six lobes, rising from a tall splayed foot to a waisted cylindrical neck,elegantly sweeping up to an out-turned rim with scrolling lotus,the exterior painted in rich cobalt-blue tones in the ‘heaped and piled’ effect,depicting on each lobe a pair of dragon and phoenix,all divided by vertical line borders at the ribs,the foot encircled by broad pendent lappets.