The trumpet shaped-stem with a moulding emphasizing the base and compressed knop half-way up, supports a rounded bowl with low curving sides bending very slightly back at the top. A raised fillet and flat moulding provide the rim.

The engraved decoration is dominated by an epigraphic band around the top, enclosed by previously silver-inlaid fillets. It is divided into four sections by hexagonal cartouches.

The broad central section of the body is framed top and bottom with a plain ribbon which loops to form four lobed cartouches. These cartouches in turn link to smaller spacing roundels within this broad band.
The ground is a pattern of swastika-like motifs.

The lobed compartments enclose figures of the royal party. From the left of the beginning of the inscription these are:

1. a woman seated on her heels turned to the left upholding a tambourine. Two ribbons cascade from her head-dress.
2. a cross-legged figure wearing pointed boots, facing three-quarters left, the left hand resting on the thigh, the right hand raised.
3. a dancer bent three-quarters to the right shaking the hanging sleeves of her tunic.
4. a musician seated on his heels, turned to the left and playing the flute.

At the bottom, forty seven lotus buds, formerly silver-inlaid, point downwards to the bowl stem.

Patina: the heavily corroded object is mostly covered with green sulphurous deposits, brown red oxide showing on limited areas. The inlay surviving in the form of silver salt in limited areas.