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Object photograph·C09912·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II bowl (St. Hist. Mus. 17946:15)

Pottery Bichrome II bowl with two side handles, painted dark bands and triangular hatching, shown on a plain background
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09912. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A footed bowl with a wide, slightly uneven rim and two small horizontal handles at the sides, seen three-quarters from above on a plain grey background. The pale surface has dark painted bands around the lower body and foot, and a panel of dark diagonal and triangular lines above them. Small chips are visible along the rim.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Bichrome II bowl with two small side handles and dark painted bands and triangles, shown from the side
Description, scan 2
A shallow bowl with a low ring foot and two small horizontal handles on opposite sides, photographed in side view against a plain pale background. The rim is uneven and chipped at the back left. Dark painted bands run around the lower body, and between them are large triangular panels with hatched and striped motifs on a light, slightly worn surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II. St. Hist. Mus. 17946:15.

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome II. St. Hist. Mus. 17946:15