Object photograph·C03707·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted III-1 (C.M.B.791)

Painted pottery vessel with a bird-head neck and a striped painted bird on its round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03707. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied pottery vessel with a tall neck that ends in a beak-like rim with a painted eye, photographed against a plain background. On the body a bird is painted in dark outline with hatched wing stripes, long legs and a curved neck, and a dark band runs round the base of the neck. The pale surface shows some dark spots and a chipped rim, and the photograph is mounted on a cream card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted III-1, Cyprus Museum.B.791.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.