Object photograph·Csn3674a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, plate and jug (677)

Painted pottery vessel on a high foot, with a dark bird and plant motif between bands, photographed against a grey backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3674a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A footed vessel with two small horizontal handles, decorated with horizontal bands and a dark painted bird with an outlined eye and striped wing. A stylised plant with leaf shapes stands to the left, and vertical hatched lines frame the design. The number 677 is painted on the upper body, and the vessel is shown in side view on a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 677. MMneg2143

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 677. MMneg2143