Jug

Neck modeled as human head on vertical loop handles. Painted. Broken.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a globular body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, rounded rim, a flat base, and 1 strap handle from neck to body and two lug handles on the neck. The vessel has a molded face with lugs as ears, a nose, eyes, and mouth. The vessel is painted red with a band of geometric design around the shoulder in white and black. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There are striations on the interior surface from smoothing tool. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "284."