Object photograph·Csn3668·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV jug (757)

Pottery Bichrome IV jug with painted birds and bands, photographed against a grey backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3668. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a short collar neck and a spout-like lip on top, shown alone against a plain grey backdrop. The collar carries concentric circles and horizontal bands, and the body has large bird-like motifs with hatched wings, long legs and striped strokes. The number 757 is painted on the body at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 757

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 757