Object photograph·Csn3538·1927–1931

Decorated bowls (Met.Mus.4552)

Shallow dark bowl seen from above, with engraved bands of rosettes, birds and animals around the rim — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3538. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow, dark bowl seen from above, with light engraved decoration in concentric bands. A rosette fills the centre, surrounded by a band of pointed leaf and scroll motifs, and an outer frieze with birds, animals and plant forms runs around the rim. A number is written on the bowl's base, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a printed museum label at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Decorated bowls. Met.Mus.4552.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Decorated bowls. Met.Mus.4552.