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Alabastron

Sculpture
Material: Alabaster and blue marble
Size: 36 x 15 x 13 cm
€ 1950

Description

This sculpture started with a little piece of broken blue marble, a beautiful structure in a soft blue color. It fitted well with the slightly transparent, cloudy alabaster.

In retrospect I seem to have made a shape reminiscent of an alabastron, a particular variant of ancient Greek pottery. It was a small, oblong bowl, for storing oil. Still, nice to have such beautiful predecessors.