Jug

Globular body, flattened base; cylindrical neck, one loop handle shoulder to neck. With bird or fish pattern. Painting in red-black-white

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a white slip? with red, orange, and black painted geometric decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes residue on the interior and black staining on the interior. There are black spots on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1841."