Object photograph·C03830b·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Cyprus Museum

Globular jug with a tall neck, painted with horizontal bands and a long-necked bird on the body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03830b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular jug with a tall neck and a rounded, flaring mouth stands alone on a pale backdrop. The neck is banded with horizontal lines and zigzag or hatched decoration, and the rounded body has vertical stripe panels at the sides with a central panel painted with a long-necked bird with spread legs. Scratches and small pencilled marks show on the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Cyprus Museum.