Object photograph·C00322a·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted II (L. 403:110)

Bird-shaped pottery vessel with painted dark bands, from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00322a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery vessel modelled as a bird, with a long neck and head, two arched handles on the back and a small cup-like spout between them. Dark painted bands and stripes cover the neck, wings and tail, and the short legs stand on a glossy surface that reflects the vessel.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted II, L.403.110.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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