Object photograph·C05597·1927–1931

Pottery Red Figured Ware

Jug with a flared mouth, one handle and a partly visible painted figure on its body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05597. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a wide flared mouth, a tall narrow neck and a single loop handle rising from neck to shoulder. The rounded body has a dark, glossy surface with small areas of flaking, and on the left side a figure with hair and drapery is partly visible in light lines. The vessel stands on a ring foot and is photographed against a pale background on a card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Figured Ware.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Figured Ware