'dou' recipient in bronze with brown patina, the body and lid with a bord frieze decor and leiwen background, waves, spirals.
Inscribed on the foot:
in June of Jiajing Gengzi year (1540), the Tongzhi (deputy prefect) of Guangzhou, Cheng Duo, the Tongpan (judge) Huang Zhongmei and Zhou Pu and the Tuiguan (magistrate) Wu Rongxi, commissioned the bronzes. The Xundao (education director) Xu Yue was in charge of manufacturing
H 23cm
