2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster bowl with rounded conical body, broad rim and flat base, decorated with dot-in-ring motifs to the circumference of the rim and shoulder, with three pairs of vertical rows of dot-in-ring motifs to the body. See The Tokyo National Museum et al., Syrian Antiquities, Tokyo, 1977, item 91, for similar. 450 grams, 12.5cm (5"). From an important London W1, gallery; previously part of a private collection with Gimpel Fils, London W1, UK, pre 1960s; with collection number GF16260 and accompanied by an old identification tag.