Marble vase with high foot and lug handles
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible luminescence examination, optical microscopy
This rounded collared jar has four pierced vertical lugs evenly spaced at the widest part of the body, a cylindrical slightly tapered neck and a high, slightly tapered pedestal foot. It is largely intact except for minor losses at the rim, lugs and foot, all repaired. The exterior surface is partially covered with reddish brown accretions that are particularly heavy on one side of the vase. The interior is roughly finished with several deep pits around the perimeter of the bottom. Attributed to Kandila Sculptor B.(1)
Sandy MacGillivray and J.-F. de Lapèrouse
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, P. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, 26-35.
This rounded collared jar has four pierced vertical lugs evenly spaced at the widest part of the body, a cylindrical slightly tapered neck and a high, slightly tapered pedestal foot. It is largely intact except for minor losses at the rim, lugs and foot, all repaired. The exterior surface is partially covered with reddish brown accretions that are particularly heavy on one side of the vase. The interior is roughly finished with several deep pits around the perimeter of the bottom. Attributed to Kandila Sculptor B.(1)
Sandy MacGillivray and J.-F. de Lapèrouse
(1) See, Getz-Gentle, P. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996, 26-35.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble vase with high foot and lug handles
- Period: Early Cycladic I
- Date: ca. 3200–2700 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: Height: 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm)
Width: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
Diameter: 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)
Thickness: 1/4 in. (.6 cm) - Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture
- Object Number: L.2022.38.90
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art