Object photograph·Csn3694·1927–1931

Pottery Special Wares (1702)

Jug with a flaring mouth and strap handle, painted with dark bands and a horse-like animal on the neck. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3694. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall jug with a flaring mouth, a strap handle and a rounded body, shown upright against a plain grey backdrop. The cream surface has dark painted bands around the shoulder and neck, and a panel on the neck shows an animal, probably a horse, beside hatched and vertical motifs. The lower body is covered with fine horizontal lines, and a number label is written on the foot.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1702.

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1702.