Object photograph·Csn3695·1927–1931

Pottery Special Wares (1725 A)

Reconstructed painted pottery vessel with a tall curved spout, decorated with animal friezes and geometric panels. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3695. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A reconstructed pottery vessel with a tall, curved spout rising on the right, shown on a small dark stand against a plain grey backdrop. The body is painted in dark on a pale ground, with a band of short vertical strokes at the rim, a frieze of animals including a spotted animal and a dog-like head, and a lower zone of framed square panels with rosettes. Cracks and fitted joins show where fragments have been put together, and a number label is written on the body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1725 A.

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1725 A.