Object photograph·C04785b·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted IV (A.8.68)

Round-bodied jug with a high neck, strap handle and concentric circle motifs painted on its shoulder — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04785b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jug with a wide, rounded body, a tall cylindrical neck with a broken rim, and a handle rising from the rim down to the shoulder. Two concentric circle motifs in dark paint decorate the body, one at the left and one at the right, and the surface is a pale buff clay. The jug stands on a light surface against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted IV, A.8.68.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted IV. A.8.68.

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