BACTRIAN STONE VESSEL WITH ROSETTE

Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC. A rectangular stone vessel with three cylindrical openings. One flat face is engraved with a circle enclosing a cross, the arms filled with parallel incised lines. The reverse bears a sixteen-petalled rosette. One short edge is decorated with a zigzag pattern. Size: 65mm x 60mm; Weight: 150g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.