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Object photograph·C09906·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, plate and jug (ST.Hist.Mus17.946:48)

Footed bowl with two small handles and rows of concentric circles on its body, photographed against a plain backdrop
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09906. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale footed bowl with a wide open mouth and two small loop handles on the upper body. Two rows of concentric-circle motifs run around the body, with horizontal bands above, below and near the rim. The vessel stands on a tall ring foot on a light tabletop against a plain pale backdrop, with a handwritten label cut off along the bottom edge of the mount.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Footed bowl with two small side handles and bands of concentric-circle motifs, from Bichrome IV pottery
Description, scan 2
A footed bowl with a wide, slightly tilted rim and two small loop handles on the sides, its body decorated with bands of concentric-circle motifs in dark paint on a pale surface. Horizontal bands run below the decorated zone to a ring foot. The vessel stands on a light surface against a plain pale backdrop, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a border and handwritten marks along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. ST.Hist.Mus17.946:48

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. ST.Hist.Mus17.946:48