Object photograph·C09274·1927–1931

Blown glass amphoriskos (Acc. 821)

Blown glass amphoriskos with two handles and a flared rim, its surface weathered, shown against a plain grey backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09274. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small blown glass vessel with a pear-shaped body, narrow neck, flared rim and two handles that join the neck and curl at the shoulder. The glass surface is clouded and flaking, with pale patches and dark pitting across the body, and the vessel stands on a plain ring foot against a pale backdrop.

English, translated from the original record

Blown glass amphoriskos, Acc. 821, showing a handle and a pot.