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This type of vase, often called a kandila, may have served as a lamp. The pierced lugs allowed for suspension.
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Title: Marble vase with high foot and four lug handles
Period: Early Cycladic I
Date: ca. 3000–2800 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1935
Accession Number: 35.11.22
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