Jar

Elongated spheroidal body with low foot; tapering neck; two vertical loop handles on shoulder. painted with face on neck.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, tapered neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a ring base/foot base. The vessel has a molded face on the neck with two perforated ears like lugs, eyes, nose, and mouth. The features of the face are painted in red, white, and black. The body is painted with curvilinear designs in red, black, and white. 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 handle The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1834."