Jug

Plain. Sharp shoulder, cylindrical neck; one vertical loop handle shoulder to neck. Dent produced before the burning of the clay.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a carinated body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel shape was distorted prior to firing. No decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing and reducing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Much of the vessel's surface appears dark gray and porous, possibly from overfiring. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "259a."