2nd-1st century BC. A piriform ceramic vessel with flared rim surmounted by stars; to the body an elaborate frieze of dancing goddesses in various poses on a dense field of flowers, each goddess depicted half naked, dressed in rich jewellery; a circumferential band of ducks below in a field of mythical stars and rosettes; the neck densely covered in an elaborate frieze of foliage on a field of stars; supplied with a custom-made display stand. See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2002.266, for similar, and accession number 2004.553.2, for ivory plaque with similar iconography.363 grams total, 21cm including stand (8 1/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; from a private collection since 1989.