Object photograph·Csn3688·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV jug (31.625)

Bichrome IV jug with a painted bird on its body and horizontal bands on the neck — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3688. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular jug with a pinched spout and a single loop handle stands against a plain pale ground. Horizontal bands run around its neck, and the body carries a large stylised bird with outspread wings and a hooked head, set among striped panels and small motifs. The number 759 is painted on the lower body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 759:

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. Metropolitan Museum. 759: