Marble lug bowl
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible light luminescence examination
This large, lugged bowl, carved of greyish white marble with dark inclusions, is complete with mended losses to the rim. The sides curve upward to a single shallow groove that delineates the rim. Two parallel, vertical, crescent-shaped lugs on one side of the vessel are perforated and would have allowed for its suspension. The placement of these vertical lugs together is atypical this common Early Cycladic I bowl type.(1)
There is a calcareous accretion concentrated around the rim and on the lugs, with light patches elsewhere.
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, Pat. 1996. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. pp. 65-79, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
This large, lugged bowl, carved of greyish white marble with dark inclusions, is complete with mended losses to the rim. The sides curve upward to a single shallow groove that delineates the rim. Two parallel, vertical, crescent-shaped lugs on one side of the vessel are perforated and would have allowed for its suspension. The placement of these vertical lugs together is atypical this common Early Cycladic I bowl type.(1)
There is a calcareous accretion concentrated around the rim and on the lugs, with light patches elsewhere.
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, Pat. 1996. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. pp. 65-79, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble lug bowl
- Period: Early Cycladic I
- Date: ca. 3200–2700 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: Height: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Width: 11 in. (28 cm)
Diameter: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Thickness: 1/4 in. (.7 cm) - Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture
- Object Number: L.2022.38.127
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art