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 light luminescence examination
This footed collared jar, carved of white marble with dark gray veining, is complete with restored losses at the rim and foot. It consists of a hemispherical body with a truncated conical neck and slender conical foot. Four vertical lugs are evenly spaced crosswise on the belly. Their rectangular shape is unique to this vessel.
A thick calcareous accretion covers the neck, belly and foot. White-colored abrasions are visible on the handles and dark transfer marks are evident on the underside of the foot.
The round bodied jar with four equidistant, vertical pierced lugs on the shoulder, a tall tapering collared neck and pedestal foot reminded modern Cycladic islanders of the glass oil lamp, or ‘kandila’, that they suspended to illuminate their churches and chapels, hence their common modern designation.
Sandy MacGillivray, Wendy Walker
This footed collared jar, carved of white marble with dark gray veining, is complete with restored losses at the rim and foot. It consists of a hemispherical body with a truncated conical neck and slender conical foot. Four vertical lugs are evenly spaced crosswise on the belly. Their rectangular shape is unique to this vessel.
A thick calcareous accretion covers the neck, belly and foot. White-colored abrasions are visible on the handles and dark transfer marks are evident on the underside of the foot.
The round bodied jar with four equidistant, vertical pierced lugs on the shoulder, a tall tapering collared neck and pedestal foot reminded modern Cycladic islanders of the glass oil lamp, or ‘kandila’, that they suspended to illuminate their churches and chapels, hence their common modern designation.
Sandy MacGillivray, Wendy Walker
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble vase with high foot and lug handles
- Period: Late Early Cycladic I or Early Cycladic I/II
- Date: ca. 2800–2700 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: Height: 7 1/6 in. (18 cm)
Width: 6 5/16 in. (16.1 cm)
Diameter: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Thickness: 3/16 in. (.5 cm) - Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture
- Object Number: L.2022.38.121
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art