Object photograph·C04252·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture (So.438)

Marble sculpture of a head with wavy hair, from Soli, photographed against a dark background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04252. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved marble head is shown in three-quarter view, turned toward the right of the frame, against a dark background. The hair is rendered in rows of wavy, parallel grooves swept back above the forehead and over the ear, and the face has a smooth surface with defined eyelids and a full mouth. The neck ends abruptly at the lower edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture, So.438.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture. So.438

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