Jug

Globular body; cylindrical neck, with a face. One strap handle. painted.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a squat-globular body, cylindrical neck, flat rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel is painted in red and white and had a modeled face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. 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 base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base. Pencil on the bottom of the base reads: "1552."