Object photograph·C03762·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (B.149)

Pottery Bichrome III vessel with a strap handle, painted bands and geometric motifs on its round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03762. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied vessel with a tall, flaring neck, a single strap handle running from shoulder to neck, and a small foot. The body is painted with double bands and a concentric-circle motif on one side, with geometric panels of lozenges and zigzag rows above and below. It is photographed three-quarters from above on a plain light surface, with no scale or people visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III, Cyprus Museum, B.149.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum.B.149