Bottle

Small ovoid vessel with flared lip, cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a small flat base, and two loop handles just below shoulders; buff earthenware lightly burnished and decorated with geometric designs painted in dark brown slip before firing; painted designs include undulating, horizontal lines encircling the neck and body and slightly curved, shark-tooth-like marks encircling the top of the rim. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.