Object photograph·Csn3371·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made

Wheel-made jug with a single handle and painted bands and motifs on its body. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3371. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jug with a tall loop handle rising from the shoulder to the rim and a flared mouth. The body is decorated with horizontal dark painted bands and a large painted motif with stylised shapes on the upper zone, with a few smaller motifs below. The surface is worn and mottled, and the jug stands on a plain pale surface against a light backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome Wheel-made.