Object photograph·C03748a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome V. Cyprus Museum (B.388)

Painted pottery vessel with two handles, decorated with horizontal bands and a central panel with a stylised figure — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03748a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular vessel with a flat, wide rim, a short neck and a small foot, shown upright against a pale background. Its neck and shoulders carry bands of rosettes, zigzags and stripes, and the body has a central panel with a stylised face-like motif flanked by cross-hatched fields. The surface shows chips and cracks, and the two handles are attached at the shoulder.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome V. Cyprus Museum, B.388.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome V. Cyprus Museum. , B.388