Object photograph·C03786·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater. Cyprus Museum

Pottery Bichrome IV amphora-crater: a two-handled painted vessel with a wide neck and footed base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03786. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large two-handled vessel with a broad rounded body, a short wide neck and a splayed ring foot stands on a pale surface. Two strap handles rise from the shoulder to the rim. The upper neck carries dark painted bands with a diamond and vertical-line pattern, and the body surface is worn and mottled.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. Cyprus Museum.