Jug

red ware. Ovoid; with a face modeled on neck; painted plain.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, rounded rim, no handles, and a rounded base. The vessel has a molded/modeled face on the neck with ears, nose, and mouth. The eyes are painted on the face in white and black and there are two five pronged lines painted in white on the body, possibly hands or ornaments. 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 in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes residues/staining on the exterior. There is a reddish accretion/paint on the exterior of the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1907."