Bottle

black, egg shaped, with figure of monkey

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an effigy-zoomorphic body, hyperboloid neck, flared rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel is shaped like an egg with a molded/modeled monkey sitting on the shoulder opposite the handle. 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. Fireclouding is present on the body. The exterior is burnished to a high polish. There is a white accretion in the crevices of the monkey and neck. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2398."