An upright square jar, with indented corners and flat base. Painted in rectangular panels on the four sides within borders of half-cash emblems, river landscapes with pavilions, trees, birds and a waterfall. The upper edge and base fitted with ribbed rims of gilt bronze, with a pair of ring handles attached at the corners above and four ball feet below. Fitting over the rim, a domed, pierced latticework cover of gilt bronze; and inside, a four-legged, gilt-bronze stand, pierced with a roundel in the centre to hold the burner.

The mounts are French made dating from the mid-18th century. With a latticework cover apparently cut from a single sheet. The reeded border made in two sections and laid side by side. Both strips probably cut from two long strips of gilt bronze, but no seam showing this method. The rim on the top of the jar made in the same way, from two strips laid side by side. The plinth, with a supporting thin strip on the underside, made from a single strip and then seamed.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.