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Object photograph·Csn2316·1927–1931

Blown glass [MM neg 811]

Round glass object with a dark painted face and hair pattern, photographed from above.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2316. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round, shallow glass object with a thick rim fills most of the frame, photographed from directly above on a pale ground. Dark painted or weathered lines form a human-like face with hair and a shoulder or drapery shape, partly worn away and mottled with pale patches. The surface looks cloudy and iridescent with age.

English, translated from the original record

Blown glass, [MM neg 811].