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Object photograph·C09930a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, plate and jug (ST.Hist.Mus.17946:55)

Pottery Bichrome IV jug with a globular body, strap handle and concentric circle decoration
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09930a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a round body, a short footring, a narrow neck banded with dark horizontal stripes, a spout at the rim and a strap handle running from shoulder to rim. The body carries a large central group of concentric rings and about ten smaller concentric-circle motifs spaced around it. The vessel stands on a plain light surface against a pale grey backdrop.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Jug with a strap handle, its round body painted with dark concentric circles and horizontal bands
Description, scan 2
A jug with a round body and a tall neck stands on a low ring foot against a pale backdrop, shown in three-quarter view. A strap handle rises from the shoulder to the flaring rim. The body is painted with dark concentric circles, a large ring motif on the front, and horizontal bands around the shoulder, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a handwritten label along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. ST.Hist.Mus.17946:55

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. ST.Hist.Mus.17946:55