Finial Support with Four Faces

This bulbous finial support is decorated with four faces. The faces have two variations, and each face shares elements with the neighboring faces. Each face is composed of two large, circular eyes, a nose, and ears. The ears of one face become the noses of the neighboring faces and vice versa; the neighboring faces share the eyes. Two have broad faces, with molded jawlines and no mouths, short, prominent noses, and large, two-lobed ears. The other two faces are more animal-like, with longer, less prominent noses, small molded mouths connected to raised jowl lines (the jaw-lines of the adjacent faces) and curved, prominent ears (very animal-like) with the interior area indicated. The finial support is widest where the body connects to the cylindrical neck, and it tapers toward the open bottom, which is ringed by three raised bands; the lowest band is the thickest.