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A Cycladic Marble Kandila
Height 8 x diameter 6 inches.
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold
$6,000
Live Auction
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Size
Height 8 x diameter 6 inches.
Description
A Cycladic Marble Kandila
Circa 4th-3rd Millennium B.C.
Height 8 x diameter 6 inches.
Condition
Modern restoration to rim by present owner. An ancient blow on one side has left a circular depression between two lugs but not disfiguring to the whole.
Provenance
Provenance:
From the personal collection of Pat Getz-Gentle, Connecticut, until 2016 when gifted to the present owner.
Note:
For a similar but larger vessel attributed to "Sculptor B" see: Getz-Gentle, Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, Pennsylvania, 1996, pl. 19d.