Object photograph·C09933b·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome V (St.Hist.Mus17946:83)

Round-bodied jug with a tall neck, strap handle and dark leaf-like painted strokes on a pale surface. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09933b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale clay jug with a globular body, a short flared neck and a strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder. Dark painted strokes radiate downward from the neck in a fan of pointed, leaf-like bands over the lower body. The jug stands on a plain pale surface against a grey backdrop, photographed from the side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome V. St.Hist.Mus17946:83

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome V. St.Hist.Mus17946:83