Plate

Plate with fishes. With crocodile (or bird) head handle

Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, 1 effigy-zoomorphic handle on the rim, and a flat base. The plate has an animal head (bird or crocodile) shaped handle on one side of the rim and two protrusions on the opposite side of the rim. The plate is painted red with a geometric design around the rim in black, red, and white. There is a design down the center of fishes in red and white. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There is a mark on the bottom of the base, possibly a maker's mark?. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2361."