Plant Effigy

Black fruit-shaped bottle with cylindrical neck, everted lip; one loop handle body to neck with figure of monkey as handle, with a whistle

Narrow necked whistling vessel with an effigy-fruit shaped body, flaring neck, flattened rim, 1 effigy-zoomorphic handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The body is shaped like a fruit and there is a modeled/molded monkey standing on top of it, holding the neck and acting as a 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. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written in white ink. White ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2790."