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Marble vase with high foot and four lug handles

ca. 3000–2800 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151
This type of vase, often called a kandila, may have served as a lamp. The pierced lugs allowed for suspension.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble vase with high foot and four lug handles
  • Period: Early Cycladic I
  • Date: ca. 3000–2800 BCE
  • Culture: Cycladic
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
  • Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone Vases
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.11.22
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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