Jug

Depressed body; cylindrical neck enlarged to birds head, one vertical loop handle shoulder to neck. Plain black. Round bottom

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a squat body, effigy-zoomorphic neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. The neck has the features of a bird head added, including eyes and beak. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and is smoothed with a rotative movement on the interior. 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. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2816."