Object photograph·C06645·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made (Acc.705)

Pottery jug with a single strap handle, flaring mouth and painted triangles and bands, Bichrome Wheel-made — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06645. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wheel-made jug with a tall loop handle rising from the rim to the shoulder, a flaring mouth and a rounded body on a low foot. The surface is painted with dark bands and zones of light and dark triangles and rectangles on the neck, shoulder and body. The jug stands on a pale surface against a plain grey background, shown from the side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made, Stockholm, Acc.705.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made. Stockholm. Acc.705