Pitcher

Turnip- shaped body, tapering neck, one vertical loop handle shoulder to neck. painted red black and white.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The shoulder is painted red with vertical bands of geometric design in white and black. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "3842."