Jar with four lug handles (kandila)
Jar with four lug handles (kandila)

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Jar with four lug handles (kandila),

ca. 3000–2800 BCE

Aegean
Early Cycladic I, 3500 - 1100 BCE
2008-54

Information

Title
Jar with four lug handles (kandila)
Dates

ca. 3000–2800 BCE

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
h. 22.6 cm, diam. 23.5 cm, diam. rim 11.2 cm (8 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.) base: h. 4.4 cm, diam. 7.5 cm (1 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ali and Hicham Aboutaam
Object Number
2008-54
Culture
Aegean
Period
Early Cycladic
Type
jars, ceramic
Materials
marble

Sold by Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. (Basel) in 1969, from an unknown private collection; purchased by Riki Watanabe in 1969; in the private collection of Watanabe until 2007; purchased by Ali and Hicham Aboutaam in 2007 from Sotheby's; given to the Museum by the Aboutaams in 2008.

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