Kendi of fritware, with compressed globular body and a mammiform spout, long waisted neck with projecting top and a narrow mouth. Painted in underglaze blue and outlined in black. A reserve-painted scroll covers the projecting top. Ribbons on either side of a lozenge fill the four panels down the neck. A band of scrolling foliage and a band of ruyi heads run round the shoulder. Four lions with brocaded balls prance round the body amidst stylised clouds. There is a bottom band of thirteen petal panels. Flowers alternate with tassels on the spout. The tip of the spout has been mended. Imitation Chinese square mark in black on base.