Object photograph·C03854·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware

Pottery vessel with a flaring rim and a modelled animal head with ears and horns projecting from its body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03854. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall vessel with a flaring rim, and a modelled animal head with pointed ears, short raised horns and a broad muzzle projecting from the lower body. The surface is worn and mottled, and the body has faint incised or raised lines. The vessel stands on a dark stand against a plain pale backdrop, photographed from the front.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware