Double Vessel (uncertain)

Half of a double vessel (?). Pottery. Shape of a bird; wide open mouth in which is another smaller bird. Spouted twin vessel lost.

Narrow necked whistling vessel with an effigy-zoomorphic body, missing neck, missing rim, and a flat base. One of the vessels chambers is shaped like a bird and was originally red slipped.There is a whistle mechanism visible in the bird. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The inside of the whistle mechanism is partly visible, as is the join between the two bodies. 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: "1810."