Object photograph·C02038·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted IV (M.6B.18)

Pottery White Painted IV jar with strap handles, dark banded decoration and concentric circles — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02038. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large pottery jar with a flared rim, tall neck and rounded body, standing on small feet. Its pale surface has dark horizontal bands and concentric circles, and strap handles curve from the neck and shoulders. Cracks run across the body where the vessel has been broken and mended, and it is photographed against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted IV, M.6B.18.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted IV. M.6B.18.

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