Exhibits- Cycladic Art
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Female figurine (a)
A marble idol of a woman in Cycladic art with a rectangular shaped face. She is shown naked, upright, and with her hands crossed across her stomach. Her legs are represented graphically; they are joined, with the separation shown by a deep groove. Her face is an abstraction, only her nose is shown, which was a basic characteristic of Cycladic art.
It dates from 2400-2200 b.C.
National Archaelogical Museum,, catalogue number 9096
Female figurine (b)
Marble female idol
It dates from 2400-2200 b.C.
Museum of Cycladic Art
̀ale figurine
Marble Cycladic male idol who is proposing a toast.
It dates from 2800-2300 b.C.
Museum of Cycladic Art
Cycladic oil lamp
Another spectacular type of Cycladic vessel, is a marble type of collared jar with round body and conical foot. These were meant to be suspended from the ceiling, or trees, as suggested by the four pierced, vertical lugs they bear round their body.
It dates from 2800-2300 b.C.
Museum of Cycladic Art