Object photograph·Csn0176·1927–1931

Cypro-Hell.I pottery (HCC 952)

Painted pottery jug with a strap handle and bands of stylised plant motifs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0176. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a rounded body, a narrow neck, a spout with a flared rim and a tall strap handle rising from the shoulder. The light surface is decorated with dark painted bands, including a row of stylised flower and palmette motifs around the body and leaf shapes on the shoulder. A number label is attached to the body, and the jug stands on a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cypro-Hell.I. HCC 952; Atlas II, 993.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Cypro.Hell.I. HCC 952; Atlas II, 993.