Object photograph·C01972·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II (L.402.25)

Pottery Bichrome II two-handled bowl from Lapithos, seen from above, with concentric rings and radiating dark motifs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01972. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a rounded body and loop handles projecting on either side is photographed from above. Its upper face has dark painted concentric rings around a central circle, with eight radiating dark bands ending in small triangular shapes. The light clay surface shows some speckling and darker stains, and the vessel stands on a pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II, L.402.25.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome II. L.402.25.

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