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Object photograph·Csn3645·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III

Pottery Bichrome III: round-bodied flask with two loop handles, concentric bands, checkerboard panels and hooked motifs
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3645. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied vessel with a flaring neck and two loop handles rising from the neck to the shoulders. The body is painted with dark concentric bands, a central disc with four white quarter-round shapes, checkerboard panels set diagonally and small hooked motifs on the light ground. It is photographed straight on against a plain light backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III