Marble palette, Early Cycladic I, ca. 3000–2800 , Cycladic, Marble, width 2 9/16in. (), The palette is an established

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Marble palette, Early Cycladic I, ca. 3000–2800 , Cycladic, Marble, width 2 9/16in. (), The palette is an established shape in the repertoire of Cycladic marble utensils. Recurrent traces of red pigment, as here, suggest that palettes were used to prepare colors for application to statuettes and perhaps also to human beings

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Size: 3800px × 2440px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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