Object photograph·C04759·1927–1931

Pottery Polychrome III-VII (A.8.57)

Round-bodied jug with a tall loop handle and concentric circles painted in dark bands on its body. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04759. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single pottery jug with a rounded body, a tall neck and a loop handle rising from the shoulder to the rim. Dark painted concentric rings and bands decorate the body, with a bullseye-like circle at the centre of the visible side and wavy bands on the neck. The vessel stands on a plain ring base against a pale, plain backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Polychrome III-VII, A.8.57.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Polychrome III-VII. A.8.57.

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