Field photograph·JL336
Cypriot clothes chest, so-called sendudzin
Description
A wooden chest with a flat lid and a moulded top edge stands on carved block feet. Its front panel is densely carved in relief with two birds perched on either side, vases holding flowers, a central fan-like spray of blossoms and rosettes, vertical bands and scrolling borders. It stands on bare ground in front of a diagonal wooden lattice fence, with part of a doorway and a dark object visible at the right.
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- Description, scan 2
- A wooden chest with a flat lid and a front panel densely carved in relief, with a band of scrolling foliage and rosettes around the edge. Within it are two birds perched on branches flanking a central vase with spreading fronds, and smaller urn shapes between. The chest stands on blocky feet with fluted detailing, in front of a diagonal wooden lattice screen on bare ground.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Cypriot clothes chest, so-called sendudzin.
Swedish, as on the record
Cypriotisk klädkista s.k. sendudzin.