Object photograph·C03776·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII (C.M.C.343)

Pottery vessel with a modelled human head on the neck and an animal head forming the spout — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03776. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied vessel on a ring foot, with a modelled human head rising from the top of the neck and an animal head with short ears and a snout forming a spout on the left. The body carries painted concentric circles and a band of checker pattern below a horizontal line. The surface is dark and slightly worn, shown against a pale plain backdrop on a card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII, C.M.C.343.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Biochrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII. C.M.C.343.