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Marble vase with high foot and lug handles
Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible luminescence examination, optical microscopy
This footed collared jar has four pierced vertical lugs evenly spaced at the widest part of the body, a tall cylindrical neck and a comparatively short, slightly tapered foot. The vessel has been largely restored. The upper section of the neck down to a maximum of 5 cm from the top lip no longer survives. This missing area has been filled, textured and painted to match the surrounding stone. Three of the four lug handles have also been fully or partially restored with fills executed in a similar manner. The stone surface has a rough texture on both the exterior and interior, but it is not clear to what extent this is due to weathering or minimal polishing during the original manufacture. The surface is also unevenly stained and partially covered with burial accretions. Attributed to Kandila sculptor B.(1)
Sandy MacGillivray and J.-F. de Lapèrouse
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, P. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, pp. 6-11.
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