2nd-1st century BC. A bulbous ceramic vessel with elaborate frieze of standing goddesses in various poses on a field of mythical stars and rosettes to the shoulder, each goddess depicted half naked, dressed in rich jewellery; a hatched border above and a circumferential band of stars below; the lower half densely covered in an elaborate frieze of larger standing goddesses in various poses on a field of mythical stars and rosettes, each goddess depicted half naked, dressed in rich jewellery, with a frieze of stars below; 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.824 grams total, 22cm including stand (8 1/2"). Property of a West London gentleman; from a private collection since 1989.