Object photograph·Csn3605·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug

Painted jug with a large black bird on a cream ground, with banded and zigzag lines on the neck — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3605. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall neck painted with bands and a zigzag line, and a rounded, lip-like top. The body carries a large black bird with a striped wing, a panel of dots and lines beneath the neck, and long thin legs. A number label is painted on the side, and the photograph sits on a card mount with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug