Object photograph·C04810b·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater. Cyprus Museum

Two-handled painted pottery amphora-crater, photographed against a plain backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04810b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a wide rounded body, a short banded neck and a low ring foot, photographed upright against a plain pale backdrop. The neck has a row of dotted and zigzag ornament between bands, and the shoulder carries a painted zone of crossing hatched diagonals, arcs and lozenges. Horizontal bands run around the body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. Cyprus Museum.