Object photograph·C05004·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek II

Close photograph of a bearded male head sculpture with a band of rounded forms across the hair and forehead. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05004. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bearded male head with a band of rounded, leaf-like forms over the forehead and hair. The beard is worked in tight rounded curls, the mouth is slightly open and the eyes are downcast. The pale, worn surface is shown against a plain grey background, with the neck and a fragment of shoulder visible at the bottom.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Cypro-Greek II.