A CYCLADIC MARBLE KANDILA

EARLY CYCLADIC I-II, CIRCA 3000-2800 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE KANDILA
EARLY CYCLADIC I-II, CIRCA 3000-2800 B.C.
Deeply hollowed, with rounded body, short, cylindrical collar and slightly splayed pedestal foot with remains of four perforated vertical lugs, including one with evidence of ancient reworking
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high

Provenance

with N. Koutoulakis, acquired 1960s; and thence by descent.

Literature

P. Getz-Gentle, Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, Pennsylvania, 1996, p. 337, pl. 6d, p. 14, fig. 8l.

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Lot Essay

Getz-Gentle describes how the lugs of kandiles, named after the hanging lamps found in Greek Orthodox churches, were perforated from both sides and on occasions the drilling was not aligned precisely enough, more often on smaller examples, resulting in the need for re-drilling as shown on this example. The size of perforation remained the same regardless of the size of the vessel and the lugs.

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