Object photograph·C01845·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII (M.41.41)

Bichrome-Red pottery jug with a modelled figure on the shoulder, photographed from the side — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01845. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jug with a flaring cylindrical neck, a single handle rising from the shoulder to the rim, and an ovoid body on a splayed foot. Horizontal bands and a spiral motif decorate the body and shoulder. On the left shoulder a modelled figure of a person with hair gathered behind sits beside a projecting animal-like form; the surface is mottled and worn.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII, M.41.41.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Biochrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII. M.41.41.

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