Object photograph·C03701bb·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone (V.14.32)

Tall alabaster vase with a flat, wide rim and tapering body, from Vouni — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03701bb. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single vase is photographed upright against a grey background, with a card mount around the print. It has a flat, wide rim, a short neck and a tall body that narrows toward a rounded base. The pale surface is mottled with small raised spots and darker pitting, and the lower edge shows some chipping, with a handwritten label partly visible at the bottom.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A tall stone vessel with a narrow, slightly tapering body, a short neck and a wide flat rim that flares outwards, standing upright against a plain grey backdrop. The surface is mottled with pale and darker patches and pitted in places, and the base edge shows some chipping. The vessel fills most of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Vouni T. 1-16. Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, V.14.32.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Vouni T. 1-16.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, V.14.32