Object photograph·C05525b·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware, guttus (M.27.3B)

Guttus, a red-figure vessel with a winged animal painted on its rounded body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05525b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round vessel with a wide, flattened body and a ring-shaped handle or spout projecting to the right, photographed on a plain pale background. The dark surface carries a painted winged animal with a spotted body and striped wings, lying across the lower body, with a smaller motif above it. The paint has flaked in several places, and the body shows cracks and breaks with visible joins.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware, M.27.3B.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware. M.27.3B

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