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SHM 17946:0040 :: jug

Object description: Ring-base; ovoid body; short, concave neck; trefoil mouth; bilobate, raised handle from rim to shoulder. Buff clay; matt, buff slip; matt, lilac and black paint. Black line encircling rim, upper neck and lower neck; black band encircling neck-base; one black line and six black lines, framed by black bands, encircling upper body, below handle; two black lines encircling mid-body; four black lines, lilac band, three black lines and black band encircling lower body; sides and outside of handle painted black; vertical, lilac line in the middle of handle outside; black, antithetic curved line below handle.

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Inventory number

SHM 17946:0040

Serie nummer

1849

Object

jug

Object, Swedish

kanna; kärl

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Cyprus Embassy. Residence, 1997-.; Cyprus Embassy. Residence, showcase 1.

Loan out - Current

1997.0001, Embassy of Cyprus, Stockholm

Acquisition

L. Z. Pierides to the Swedish Crown Prince in 1925. The Crown Prince to the Museum of National Antiquities in 1926. The Museum of National Antiquities to Medelhavsmuseet in 1982.

Description

Ring-base; ovoid body; short, concave neck; trefoil mouth; bilobate, raised handle from rim to shoulder. Buff clay; matt, buff slip; matt, lilac and black paint. Black line encircling rim, upper neck and lower neck; black band encircling neck-base; one black line and six black lines, framed by black bands, encircling upper body, below handle; two black lines encircling mid-body; four black lines, lilac band, three black lines and black band encircling lower body; sides and outside of handle painted black; vertical, lilac line in the middle of handle outside; black, antithetic curved line below handle.

Period