Flask

Flask representing a syrinx player; Somewhat defective.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with an ovate body, bulging neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ears, nose, eyes, and mouth. There are modeled arms on the body holding a pan flute up to the mouth of the face. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2112."