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

Details

A CYCLADIC MARBLE KANDILA
EARLY CYCLADIC I-II, CIRCA 3000-2800 B.C.
5 in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 1 October 2015, lot 77.

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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