Object photograph·C04717b·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome (A.15.7)

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome vessel with two loop handles, seen from above, with painted concentric circles and radiating bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04717b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round pottery vessel with two small loop handles, one on each side, photographed from above on a pale background. The shallow interior has a central group of concentric painted circles, with radiating bands and small hooked cross motifs in dark paint around it. A long crack runs across the vessel, and the surface is worn and mottled.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome, A.15.7.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Bichrome. A.15.7.

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