Shallow Bowl

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Culture Greek

Culture Cycladic

Title Shallow Bowl

Date 2500–2400 BCE

Medium Marble and pigment

Dimensions Overall: 13 1/8 in. (33.4 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 77.4

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Bowls of marble, made in a range of sizes, were well-known in this early period. This large example beautifully preserves its pink-colored paint in the interior. The color remains vibrant, but it was probably a brighter red originally. A number of other bowls from this period also preserve traces of red paint on the inside of the vessel. Since almost all of these bowls were found in graves, it is possible that they were used as part of funerary rituals.

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"Shallow Bowl | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=77.4