Jug

Plain with a face.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jug with a globular body, effigy-anthropomorphic 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 with incised eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the face There are patches of gray across the surface. The catalogue number is written in black ink and pencil. Black ink on the bottom of the vessel reads: "1186a."