Jug

plain with face

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a carinated body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. There is an effigy face on the neck with modeled nose and ears and incised mouth and eyes. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere with localized reduction as the ceramic paste is orange to gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the bottom and extremities of face The vessel is smooth on the interior. The protruding ears and nose were done by pressing out from inside the neck as there is a corresponding void at the interior. Evidence of usewear includes residue/accretion on the bottom. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the vessel reads: "3192."