Object photograph·Csn1967·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome

Painted drawing of a pottery bowl with a loop handle, Black Slip Bichrome, with a zigzag border and red central motif — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1967. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A painted drawing of a shallow bowl with a small loop handle on the right, cut off by the left edge of the frame. The inner surface has dark concentric bands, a zigzag border, and a central star-like motif in red and dark brown with hatched and banded panels. The rim and outer wall are washed in a pale purplish-brown tone against a plain cream background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Bichrome.