Cup

Earthen cup with a face. Flat bottomed; flaring side, raised painted band below rim

Cup or 'qero' with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. The cup has a modeled/molded face on the side of the body with protruding ears, nose, and chin. The cup is painted with geometric designs and delineating the features of the face in red and white. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and is smoothed with a rotative movement on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange 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: "639."