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Marble bowl
Marble bowl
Marble bowl
Artist :
Anonymous
Date : approx. between 2700 and 2400 B.C.
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Gift of Takis Efstathiou (1999)
Cycladique Ancien II
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Prehistoric and Early Greek Art
Left - Ground Floor - Section 10
Item
6
on 37
Greek Antiquities
Container (Bol)
Vitrine : V01
Area related
Cyclades Islands
(
Greece
)
Site related :
Grèce préclassique
Description
Handmade bowls such as this were among the most popular stone vessels in the Early Cycladic II period. Many examples with known provenance from tombs are often found in association with Cycladic figurines.
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