TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

The "cup-bearer' in the MCA is a rare type of male figure.&nbsp;The figure sits on an integral marble stool and holds a cup in its right hand, poised as if ready to propose a toast or perform a libation.

SEATED FIGURINE

CYCLADIC ART COLLECTION

Such plain hemispherical vessels were used in the Cyclades for storing liquids or as oil lamps.&nbsp;This particular bowl was certainly associated with cosmetic purpose, as it contained considerable traces of the blue pigment azurite.

SPOUTED BOWL

Marble carving in the Aegean had achieved high levels of sophistication already from&nbsp;the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC.&nbsp; Marble vessels were highly estimated by Cycladic people as symbols of wealth and social status.Refined and delicate, strictly obeying to the laws of geometry, the Cycladic “phialai”,&nbsp;bowls made of white marble, underline the simplicity of Cycladic Culture and the vigor of its artistic expression.

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