COLLECTION OF BACTRIAN SCHIST VESSELS

Ca. 2200 - 1800 BC A collection of three chlorite vessels, including, from left to right: a small cup with a rounded body and everted rim; a bowl with flaring walls and a thickened lip; and a tall cylindrical beaker with vertical walls and a flat base. Size: 40-87mm x 82-95mm; Weight: 886g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s. For similar see: S. Salvadori, Early Bactrian Objects in Private Collections, figs. 84 - 85.