He walked around the pedestal, and snorted in amusement, before reaching over, and putting his own wards around the pedestal. That would prevent anything up to a god of equal power from escaping, before using his Sivridut to tap the urn, shattering it with a murmured spell. The wards would allow the creature to form, as he had removed both urn and pedestal, but it wouldn't be able to move around.