Jug

Annular base; tapering neck, one loop handle shoulder to neck. Black. With a face on neck and necklace in relief.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a globular body, tapered neck, rounded 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 ear spools, hair/headdress, nose, eyes, mouth, and chin. There is a necklace on the body in relief. 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1652."