LOT 0037 BACTRIAN ALABASTER VESSEL
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ca. 4000 BC. Bactrian. Large cream-coloured alabaster vessel with a round base and concave sides and a thin, outward flaring rim. This elegant object may have been used to carry out ceremonies or make religious offerings to the gods. The vessel was carved from a monolith of calcite (alabaster) that is similar in colour and appearance to the stone commonly used by Egyptian sculptors for luxury tableware in the late 4th millennium B.C. Excellent condition.Size: L:100mm / W:130mm ; 900g; Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1970s;
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