Jar

Long spheroidal body; cylindrical neck; two vertical loop handles on upper body. Painted. With a face on neck.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, missing neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck including ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. The body is painted with a stylized animal head design and stripes in white, black, and red. The face is also painted. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and buff in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1547."