Object photograph·Csn3696·1927–1931

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1726

Two-handled vessel with painted spirals, a long-necked bird and wavy bands, standing on a dark stand. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3696. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall two-handled vessel with a flared rim stands on a dark stand. Its pale surface carries dark painted decoration: a spiral and fan-shaped palmette on the left, a long-necked bird with its head turned right, and a square key pattern on the neck. Wavy horizontal lines fill the lower body above the foot, and a number is painted on the side, with chips visible in the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1726.

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Special Wares. Metropolitan Museum. 1726.