Object photograph·C00166a·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Jug, pilgrim bottle (L.417.42)

Pottery flask with a flat-rimmed neck, a loop handle and concentric circle painting on its round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00166a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied pottery flask with a short flaring neck and a loop handle rising from neck to shoulder. The body is decorated with concentric painted circles centred on the base and with diagonal hatching around the lower edge; the paint is dark on a pale surface. The vessel stands on a plain pale surface against a light grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Jug, L.417.42.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted I Jug. L.417.42.

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