Object photograph·C01889·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware (M.47.42)

Red-figured pottery vessel with a tall handle and wide mouth, photographed from above at an angle — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01889. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The vessel is photographed at an angle, with a tall handle rising from the rounded body and a short, wide-mouthed neck facing the camera, its opening visible. The body is dark, with pale reserved areas showing parts of figures, including a profile face with an eye on the left and curling forms on the right. It stands on a plain light backdrop within a pale photographic mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware, M.47.42.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.47.42.

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