Raised, spiral-lobed, pear-shaped cream pitcher with Chinoiserie decoration, including a cast and applied S-curve dragon handle and ten chased and repousse panels on body depicting bamboo, peonies, flowering prunus branches and dragons, all on a finely-textured ground; Oriental scenes on two side panels feature a man travelling by donkey opposite a scholar and servant fishing. Floral-decorated inset spout has flared lip. Slightly concave bottom is struck on underside with two marks, "TC" and a Chinese ideogram, both in rounded rectangles. Part of a four-piece service (kettle, stand and burner counted as one piece), DL*62.0334A-D.