Jar

Long spheroidal body with marked median line, flaring neck; two vertical loop handles at equator. with a face on neck decorated with incised lines and punctate markings.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an carinated body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. The vessel has a modeled face with added ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. There are incised and punctate designs on the neck. There appears to be a smoothed 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 base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1521."