Object photograph·C09263a·1927–1931

Blown glass amphora (Acc. 822)

Blown glass vessel with two trailed handles, a flared rim and a ribbed body, shown against a pale background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09263a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single blown glass vessel with a wide flared rim, a narrow neck, a rounded ribbed body and a small footed base, photographed front-on against a pale grey backdrop. Two handles of trailed glass curl from the rim down to the shoulders. The glass is greyish and slightly iridescent, with pitting and light weathering on the surface.

English, translated from the original record

Blown glass, Acc. 822: amphora with a handle and a pot.