LARGE BACTRIAN STONE BOWL WITH ANIMAL FRIEZE

Ca. 2500 BC. A large stone bowl with a flat base, cylindrical body and thickened rim. The exterior is carved in low relief with a continuous frieze of animals interspersed with stylised foliage. A narrow band of triangular notches encircles the rim, and the lower body is decorated with a register of pointed arches above a continuous undulating border. The interior is plain. Size: 135mm x 60mm; Weight: 1.16kg Provenance: From a London private collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a French collection assembled in the 1980s.

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