Object photograph·Csn3660·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater

Bichrome IV amphora-krater, a two-handled painted vessel with a frieze of figures and an animal on its body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3660. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a wide flaring rim, tall neck and rounded body, shown upright against a plain background. The neck carries painted bands and a checkered panel, and the body has a frieze of figures: a standing figure in a long garment, a seated figure beside an object, and an animal with long legs on the right. The foot is a plain ring base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator