Object photograph·C00699·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Vouni I-II, PL XIV 1/2, fragment

Limestone head fragment with a flower-decorated crown, from Vouni — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00699. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone sculpture of a head with a broad, smiling face, large almond-shaped eyes and a small mouth, broken off at the neck. A band of raised rosettes or flowers runs across the top above a beaded band, and curled hair shows at the sides. The head is photographed frontally against a plain grey backdrop on a pale card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Vouni I-II, PL XIV 1/2.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Vouni I-II, PL XIV 1/2.

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