Jug

Flat base; cylindrical neck, one vertical loop handle, shoulder to neck. painted. With a 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. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. The body of the vessel has regular vertical depressions around the top half and is painted with the raised vertical bands in gray and the depressions in red. The face is also painted in gray and red. 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. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1654."