Of pear-shaped body set with an curved dragon-head handle with a tall curved spout, the oval body applied with beaded panels each carved in deep relief with leafy undulating peony sprays bearing copper-red blooms, set with an curved dragon-head handle and a tall spout secured to the body by a cloud-shaped strut, the neck decorated with beaded lappets, fitted with a doomed cover surmounted with a seated foo-lion over beaded lappets, 12.6 inch high. Provenance: Property from the estate of Mr. Paul Schmaltz, Maryland, see item 2 on T.Y. King Works of Art receipt dated March 12,1953.