Jar

Spherical body; neck broken; two vertical loop handles on shoulder. With a face, female breasts, and arms in low relief. painted fishes on back of pot.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, missing neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ear spools, eyes, nose, and mouth. There are raised breasts and arms in relief on the body. The features are painted in red and white and there are two upside down V's painted in red and white on the front of the chest. There is a fish painted on the back of the body in red 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 base and body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the interior of neck reads: "1899."