KANDILA VASE
This jar has a slightly asymmetrical... Lot 230
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KANDILA VASE
This jar has a slightly asymmetrical neck, a pedestal and four openwork crescent-shaped handles. The conical neck is slightly tapered, with a wide mouth and a thick, irregularly rounded rim. Its rather compressed hemispherical body with a flat, narrow shoulder rests on a conical foot with a discoidal base. The four long, crescent-shaped legs, carved in the shape of a cross, are pierced for suspension. Signs of retouching. Smoothed, circular, ridged tool marks are visible on the underside of the foot. The outer surface is polished and smooth. For a similar model, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, L.2022.38.91 (fig.1)
White marble. H. 13.3 cm; Diam. 16.2 cm. Damage, reblocking.
Cycladic art, 3200-2700 B.C.
A Cycladic Kandila marble vase with high foot and lug handles. This slightly asymmetrical collared jar with a pedestal and four crescent-shaped perforated lugs. It has a conical, slightly tapering neck with a wide mouth and thick irregular rounded rim. Its rather compressed hemispherical body with a flat narrow shoulder sits on a conical foot that has ring-like edges. The four long, crescent-shaped lugs, carved crosswise, are pierced for suspension. Signs of reworking. Circular, striated tool marks, which have been smoothed, are visible beneath the foot. The outer surface is polished smooth. ca. 3200-2700 B.C.E. For a similar example see Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, L.2022.38.91 (fig.1)
Provenance
Former collection of J.H.E Demangeon, French industrialist (1904-1992)
French private collection, acquired December 20, 1989 from M. Demangeon
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