Object photograph·Csn3665·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, plate - jug (ACC.698)

Pottery Bichrome IV jug with a single handle and dark painted bands and motifs on a pale body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3665. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a round body, tall narrow neck, flared mouth and a single loop handle rising from the shoulder to the rim. Dark painted bands run round the neck and rim, and the body carries large curved motifs, one filled with diagonal hatching, with a small spiral on the right edge. The jug stands on a low ring foot against a plain pale background, shown in a three-quarter view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, plate - jug. ACC.698

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. ACC.698