A bottle with a globular body, radial pointed base and a straight neck with a ragged mouth rim. The neck and mouth are made from a bamboo shoot, from which the shoot is split into strips as warp and woven with the weft of thin bamboo splints in a twined weave. Label: one label affixed to the neck of the bottle.
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