Marble bowl
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible light luminescence
This shallow, rolled-rim marble bowl is intact except for a minor chip at the rim. (1) The same reddish-brown accretion covering the entire surface of the bowl is also present in the chip at the rim, indicating that it most likely was broken in antiquity.
Sandy MacGillivray, J-F de Lapérouse
(1) For the form, see Getz-Gentle, P. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, 99-105.
This shallow, rolled-rim marble bowl is intact except for a minor chip at the rim. (1) The same reddish-brown accretion covering the entire surface of the bowl is also present in the chip at the rim, indicating that it most likely was broken in antiquity.
Sandy MacGillivray, J-F de Lapérouse
(1) For the form, see Getz-Gentle, P. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, 99-105.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble bowl
- Period: Early Cycladic I
- Date: ca. 3200-2700 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: Height: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Depth: 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.2022.38.93
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art