Object photograph·C04801a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (B.262)

Two-handled painted jar, Bichrome III, with banded decoration and a wavy line below the rim — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04801a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular two-handled jar with a wide rim and short neck, photographed from the front against a plain background. A wavy painted line runs below the rim, a diamond motif with hatched fill sits on the shoulder, and bands of thin lines and broad dark stripes encircle the body. The lower body is plain and scratched, and the jar stands on a short ring foot.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum. B.262

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum.B.262