Jug

Pottery: painted polychrome. Globular body, flattened base, tapering neck; wide loop handle from body to mid-neck. Nieveria Style

Narrow necked jug with a globular body, tapered neck, inward sloping rim, 1 hollow handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. There is a hole in the handle, possibly a whistle. The vessel is painted with a geometric design in red, tan/orange, white, and black. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "997."