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Marble bowl

ca. 2700–2400/2300 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151

Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible light luminescence examination, Raman spectroscopy

This marble, rolled-rim bowl is intact except for minor, mended losses at the rim. A groove around the interior of the rim underscores the plasticity of its rolled shape. There are abundant remains of a pinkish-red pigment in the interior of the bowl. Technical analysis shows that the red pigment is either a mixture of cinnabar and calcite, or a very thin layer of cinnabar on top of a layer of calcite. Like many examples of this common type of bowl, this one may have been used for mixing pigments.(1).

Sandy MacGillivray, Wendy Walker, Federico Carò

(1) See, Getz-Gentle, Pat. 1996. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. pp. 99-105, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.

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Marble bowl, Marble, Cycladic

Marble bowl, Marble, Cycladic

Marble bowl, Marble, Cycladic

Marble bowl, Marble, Cycladic

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Title: Marble bowl

Period: Early Cycladic II

Date: ca. 2700–2400/2300 BCE

Culture: Cycladic

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Diameter: 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)
Thickness: 3/8 in. (1 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture

Object Number: L.2022.38.111

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