Object photograph·C08937·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum

Two-handled jar with painted animals and plant motifs on its neck, photographed from the front — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08937. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled jar photographed from the front against a pale draped cloth. The neck carries a painted band of two long-necked animals with stylised plants between them, set above a dark painted band. The rounded body has several dark horizontal bands, and the surface shows some wear and small marks.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. Cyprus Museum.