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13 - SHELL-SHAPED MARBLE BOWL
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SHELL-SHAPED MARBLE BOWL Cycladic art, Early Cycladic, 3rd millennium B.C. An elegant, shallow, kidney-shaped bowl in the form of a shell, with a sinuous rim that curves inward. With surface deposits and slight chips. Dimensions: 18.5 x 11 x 2.5 cm Provenance: Charles Gillet Collection (1879–1972), then passed down through the family Bibliography: Thimme, Jürgen, and Getz-Gentle, Pat, *Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium B.C.*, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977, fig. 81, p. 100, and fig. 84, no. 14, p. 104 A Cycladic marble cup in the shape of a seashell, Early Cycladic, 3rd millennium B.C.
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