Pot

Black ware. Round bottom; depressed body with deep encircling groove above equator; neck broken; two vertical loop handles span the groove. cover (b) of gourd shell.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a double lobed body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat 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. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base and soot on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1340."