Object photograph·C08702a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug (1885.336)

Pottery Bichrome IV jug with black animal and bird decoration on a round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08702a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall flared neck and a strap handle running from the rim to the shoulder, shown on a plain surface against a grey backdrop. Its body is decorated in black with long-legged animals, a bird with spread wings, and scrolls and white rosettes filling the spaces. The neck carries horizontal bands and a band of zigzag ornament below the rim.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Ashmolean M.us. No. 1885.336 (MMneg2144).

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Ashmolean M.us. No. 1885.336 (MMneg2144)