EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2200 B.C.

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A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE BOWL
EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2700-2200 B.C.
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) diam.

Provenance

European private collection, acquired in 1987.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 24 October 2013, lot 19.
Private collection, Liechtenstein.

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Lot Essay

According to P. Getz-Gentle, Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, Pennsylvania, 1996, p. 99, in the Early Cycladic II period, the plain bowl 'superseded the complex EC I kandila as the most popular form for nonquotidian use.' Affordability, as well as function, likely led to this change, suggesting that modification in funerary practices and other religious rites affected the popularity and frequency of the form.

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