Jug

Annular base; depressed body; one loop handle shoulder to neck. Black. With a face on neck; headband and necklace incised; ornaments in relief on body.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a globular body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a ring base/foot base. The vessel has a molded/modeled face on the neck with elaborate ear spools, headband, eyes, nose, mouth, necklace, and ornaments with incised detail. The necklace and headband are decorated with incised geometric lines and punctate dots. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. 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 object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1199."