Jar

Pear-Shaped constricted near middle; neck flaring; two loop handles shoulder to neck. Black

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a double lobed body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. There is an orange/red accretion on the neck, possibly traces of paint?. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base and black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. black ink on the interior of neck reads: "1211."