Object photograph·C00164·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Jug (L.406.24)

Pottery White Painted I jug with side spout, strap handle and painted bands, from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00164. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a tall cylindrical neck, a strap handle on the right and a spout on the left of a rounded body. Horizontal bands of dark paint run around the shoulder and body, with a vertical panel of patterned lines below the neck, and the handle is banded too. It stands on a low ring foot against a plain light background, with some pitting and wear on the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Jug, L.406.24.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted I Jug. L.406.24.

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