Object photograph·Csn1957·1927–1931

Pottery Red-on-Black etc

Painted sherd with red and black bands over a pale buff body, shown on a cream card. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1957. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single pottery fragment is shown flat on a cream card mount. Its upper edge has a dark brown-black band with grey streaks, and red paint runs down from above in several irregular blobs and drips. The lower part of the body is pale buff with soft shading, and the break edges are rounded.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red-on-Black etc.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red-on-Black etc.