Each cup is decorated in bright enamels and is applied to the exterior with four colourful chilong, with one pair below the wide spout and the other clambering up the squared handle. The sides are modelled with taotie masks and flanges. The vessels are decorated with green fish-roe and seeded grounds on the body, and the interiors have Buddhist lions and lingzhi fungus. The bases are marked in black with the Johanneum marks N-138 1 and N:48.1
4¹⁄₂ in. (11.3 cm.) wide

With Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, The Netherlands, 25 November 2003.

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With Johanneum marks N:138 I and N:48 I. Johanneum marks are inventory marks added to porcelain that belonged to the collection of August the Strong (1670-1733) of Saxony. His first inventory was made in 1721.
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