Vase Carrier

Intact save for two minor pieces of rim. Form consists of, from bottom to top, a prominent ovoid element spreading at bottom to form base and with triangular elongated slits (4); a smaller spherical element; and an open bowl with outturned rim, a hole in the center of its floor, deliberate. Traces of yellow-white slip on which is painted decoration in red glaze dimly visible including wheel-run bands and hatched triangles. Brown clay.