Object photograph·C01859a·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.46.11. Cyprus Museum

Small pottery jug with a bird and a spiral ornament painted on its body, photographed against a pale background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01859a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small jug with a flaring mouth, a narrow neck, a single strap handle and a ring foot, photographed against a pale background. On the dark, squat body a light-coloured bird with a long curved neck faces right, and a tall spiral ornament with a smaller spiral above it stands on the right. The photograph is mounted on a card with a border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.46.11. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.46.11. Cyprus Museum.

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