Object photograph·Csn3646·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (761)

Round pottery vessel with a tall collar neck and a black-painted ship motif on its body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3646. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied vessel with a tall, wide collar neck and a flat-topped rim, shown against a grey backdrop. The pale surface carries a black-painted motif resembling a ship, with a mast, rigging lines, a curved prow and a scalloped band above it. A number is painted on the body at lower right, and the photograph is mounted on a card with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III. Metropolitan Museum. 761.

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome III. Metropolitan Museum. 761.