PAIR OF BACTRIAN AND MESOPOTAMIAN STONE BOWLS

Ca. 2500 - 2200 BC. A pair of stone bowls, including, from left to right: a small banded brown stone bowl with a thick everted rim and rounded underside; a larger dark stone bowl with a deep interior and a square mouth decorated with circular impressions. For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean, 2007, fig. 6.14. Size: 30-40mm x 55-70mm; Weight: 225g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with M. Koening collection, Brussels, Belgium 1990s-2010.