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Object photograph·C09917·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (ST.Hist.Mus. 17946:22)

Pottery Bichrome III footed bowl with two small handles, painted bands and hooked cross and chevron motifs.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09917. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A footed bowl with a wide open body and two small handles set low on the sides. Dark painted bands run around the rim and body, with vertical hatched panels and hooked cross motifs with an arrow-like chevron column between them. The bowl stands on a short stem and flat foot against a plain grey backdrop.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Footed bowl with two small handles, painted with dark bands, vertical stripes and hooked cross motifs
Description, scan 2
A footed bowl with a wide, slightly flaring body and two small strap handles on the upper sides, shown alone against a plain grey background. Dark horizontal bands run around the rim and shoulder, and the lower body has a panel of vertical stripes on each side flanking two hooked cross-shaped motifs and a vertical column of chevrons. The short stem has a dark band, and the flat disc foot has a chipped edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III. ST.Hist.Mus. 17946:22

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome III. ST.Hist.Mus. 17946:22