Object photograph·D149·1927–1931

Blown glass vases, details (Inv. Nos. 8373; 8937)

Two blown glass vases photographed side by side: a double-tube vase with coiled trails and a small vase with applied relief decoration.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, D149. Public domain (CC0).

Description

On the left, two tubular glass forms are fused side by side, wound with horizontal coils of trailed glass and with looping trails around the flaring rims; the surface is greyish with weathering. On the right, a small vase with a flared neck has a rounded body covered in applied relief ribs and small raised shapes, shown against a dark background.

English, translated from the original record

Blown glass vases, details. Inv. Nos. 8373; 8937 (MM neg 809).