Object photograph·Csn3674·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug

Pottery Bichrome IV jug with a large painted bird and vertical bands, photographed on a stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3674. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a flattened, rounded body and a tall, narrow neck with a flared top, shown on a thin dark stand against a grey backdrop. The body has dark vertical bands with hatched lines between them, a large dark bird with a striated wing on the front, and dark palmette-like motifs on either side, with a number label painted on the body below the bird. The photograph is mounted on a card with a printed border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug.

Swedish, as on the record

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