The entire piece is made from Nephrite whilst the texture is white and glistening. The body of the cup is shaped like a ganoderma mushroom and has an arbitrarily shaped opening and a middle hollowed out to hold water. The outer wall uses an embossing technique to create the appearance of a complete ganoderma. Along one wall of the abdomen, an openwork technique is used to sculpt a hornless dragon crawling upwards. At the other end, an openwork technique is also used to create intertwining studded ganoderma vines which serve as a handle. The lines of the ganoderma flow and hold a healthy posture. The patterns are arranged so as that from an observation of the surface, the images of the hornless dragon and ganoderma are combined as one. This also infers the meaning, be tight lipped and live comfortably.

L: 14.5 cm