Bowl

Red ware. Flat base, flaring side with slightly incurved rim. Painted with band upon which two red and one white cats parade; black outlining.

Wide mouthed vessel with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flat rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with felid figures around the body in black, white, and red. 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. The catalogue number is written on the interior of the vessel. Black ink on the interior of vessel reads: "3263."