Description

Sides spread straight from small flat base and then curve in to broad smoothly rounded sloping shoulder; rather small mouth with tall collar neck with two small tabs applied vertically at mouthrim; two small looped strap handles at turn of shoulder.  Salmon-pink earthenware.  Painted decoration in black and dark red-brown pigments: broad band on shoulder containing four reserved medallions, each containing a black 'X' bordered and connected by broad spiralling dark brown line reserved on black ground; interstices of spiralling line with lentoids reserved on black - multiple lentoids in lower interstices and double lentoids in upper interstices; margin of black ground finely toothed in ring at base of neck and along margins of brown spiralling line; exterior wall of neck finely cross-hatched in black with black encircling line at mouthrim.  Small core-sample drill-hole low on exterior side.