Object photograph·C03737·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum (B.637)

Painted pottery vessel with a strap handle and a broken spout, with a bird-like motif on the body, photographed on a card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03737. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular vessel with a tall strap handle rising from a narrow neck and a broken spout projecting to the left. The body carries a painted bird-like motif with a striped section and a curved neck, above a dark horizontal band, and the vessel stands on a short ring base. It is shown as a photograph mounted on a light card with a border and a printed label in the corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum, B.637.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum. B.637