Object photograph·C05716·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II, jug (A.19.20)

Pottery Bichrome II jug from Amathus with a single handle and painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05716. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single-handled jug with a flared rim, a short neck and a rounded body on a low ring base. Dark horizontal bands encircle the lower body and shoulder, and pale and dark vertical stripes run down the shoulder beside the handle. The jug stands alone on a pale surface against a plain light backdrop, shown within a light card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II, A.19.20.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome II. A.19.20.

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