Plate

Bird-Crocodile Handle

Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, inward sloping rim, 1 effigy-zoomorphic handle on the rim, and a flat base. The handle is in the shape of a bird or crocodile head and there are two protrusions with indentations at their center opposite the handle on the rim. The plate is painted with a band of geometric design around the rim and a central band of a geometric design down the center in red, white, and black. 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. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2365."