Object photograph·C03812·1927–1931

Pottery Polychrome III-VII. Cyprus Museum

Large painted jar with two handles and a narrow neck, decorated with dark bands and angular motifs. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03812. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jar with a short flaring neck and two loop handles at the shoulder, photographed head-on against a pale background. Dark painted bands encircle the neck, shoulder and body, and between them are large angular and arrow-like motifs in a dark paint that has flaked in places. The base is narrow and the surface is worn and speckled.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Polychrome III-VII. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Polychrome III-VII. Cyprus Museum.