<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">kandilai</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31356386</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:36:05</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">kandila</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">kandiles</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A Cycladic vessel featuring a globe-shaped body, tall neck, pedestal foot, and four pierced lugs on the body. The pierced lugs would have held cords for securing a lid to the vessel. Kandilai take their name from their resemblance to modern Greek church lamps; they would have been used to hold liquids such as oil or wine. The kandila form was very common, made in both marble and clay and in a wide range of sizes. The gradual elimination of a foot or base may represent a step in the transition from the kandila to the spherical pyxis form that later became popular. ]]></dc:description></metadata>