RARE MARBLE BOWL Cycladic art, Early Cycladic II, 2700-2300 BC Cup with a flat base and concave wall. Minor restoration to the lip. Traces of cleaning. Height 7.2 cm; Diameter: 13.8 cm Related bibliography : P. Getz-Gentle, Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, University Park, 1996 C. Zervos, L'art des Cyclades, Paris, 1957, pl. 12 Athens Cycladic Art Museum exhibition catalogue, Cycladic culture: Naxos in the 3rd millennium BC, Athens, 1990, p.129 Exhibition catalogue of the Badisches Landesmuseums, Karlsruhe, Kykladen: Lebenswelten einer frühgriechischen Kultur, 2011, p. 268 Source : Nicolas Koutoulakis Collection (1910-1996), Paris French art market Collection of Mr B., acquired in 2015 Expertise : Accompanied by an appraisal from Ms Pat Getz-Gentle, art historian and specialist in Cycladic sculpture. A Cycladic marble cup, Early Cycladic II, 2700- 2300 B.C. This type of cup, with its refined profile and flat base without a pedestal, is quite rare and very few examples are known to date. A very similar piece is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Naxos (MN 4838), and another in the National Museum of Copenhagen (Inv. 4692).