Marble palette
The palette is an established shape in the repertoire of Cycladic marble vessels. Recurrent traces of pigment on similar examples suggest that they were used to prepare colors for application to statuettes and perhaps also to human beings. The holes would have been used for suspension or affixing it to an object, possibly a marble figure.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble palette
- Period: Early Cycladic I
- Date: ca. 3200–2800 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: W. 5 5/16 × L. 9 3/8 in. (13.5 × 23.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of André and William Spears, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.319.6
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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