Object photograph·C02105·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII (M.95.19)

Two-handled pottery jar with banded and wavy painted decoration on its neck and body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02105. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large two-handled jar with a flat, flaring rim, a narrow neck and a wide rounded body on a short foot. The neck has bands of wavy lines alternating with dark horizontal bands, and the shoulder and body carry several painted horizontal stripes with faint light motifs in the middle zone. The surface is worn and speckled, and the jar is photographed against a plain pale background on a cream card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII, M.95.19.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Biochrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII. M.95.19.

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