Object photograph·Csn3683·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV jug (767)

Round-bodied jug with black painted bands and geometric panels — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3683. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall neck and pale surface, decorated in black paint with vertical bands of parallel lines on both sides of the body. The central panel has a diamond pattern at the shoulder, a block of nested and plain squares, and a stacked chevron below. The number 767 is painted on the lower body, and handwritten notes run along the bottom edge of the card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 767

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 767