<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-10-11</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel xml:lang="en">coupled vase</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>3201557</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-MM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="en">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3201557</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>L. 319B:044</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="en">Three small, deep globular bowls with round base and flaring rim and a hooked projection at each rim; tall flat handle with a loop at the top in the centre. Hard, buff clay; matt yellowish buff slip. Matt reddish-brown paint; circle on base of bowls; broad vertical lines from base to rim; short horizontal bands of altering wavy and straight lines in their interstices; rim painted; interior of bowls painted; sides of handle painted; bands of horizontal wavy and straight lines on handle; straight horizontal lines at top.</pres:description><pres:content>L. 319B:044, SCE 1927., Classified as White Painted IB in SCE IV:1B, 297 (with reference to the then unpublished SCE IV:1A, where, however, it was not included).
Flisa 6b., Complete. Worn., Desalted ATm 2005., H. 25.4., MMs permanent Cyprus Exhibition 1989-2005, showcase 04:03., - Karageorghis et al., 2003, no. 029.
- SCE I, 131, pls XXXIII, row 4:8, CVI:5.
- SCE IV:1B, 297. 
- MedMusM 2, 1977, 28, pl III:2., Function: Three globular bowls joined together with a flat high handle with a loop at the top. Decoration in matte reddish-brown paint consisting of broad vertical bands and horizontal straight and wavy lines. 
Acquisition: In the Cyprus Collections and subsequently in the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm since its discovery in the excavations of the tombs at Lapithos, undertaken by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931).
Why this is a masterpiece
The bowl is a good example of an unusual type of vessel.

History of the Object
The vessel was found in the excavations of tombs at Lapithos in Cyprus, conducted by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition in the 1920s.
 (Virtual Collection of Masterpieces, http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/Default.aspx)
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