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Marble vase with lug handles

ca. 3200–2700 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151

Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible luminescence examination

This cylindrical marble beaker is complete except for mended losses at the rim and lugs. It carved from a slightly variegated, light grayish marble. Two long vertical, fin-shaped lugs on either side of the vessel are perforated for suspension, although it is unusual that the top half of one lug is pierced twice. The base is slightly rounded and the interior is smooth except for a low central boss at the bottom.(1)

Sandy MacGillivray and J-F de Lapérouse

(1) For the form, see Getz-Gentle, Pat. 1996. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. pp. 41-47, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.

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Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic

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Bottom view of the vessel under natural light.

Title: Marble vase with lug handles

Period: Early Cycladic I

Date: ca. 3200–2700 BCE

Culture: Cycladic

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: Height: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Width: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
Diameter: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture

Object Number: L.2022.38.142

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