BACTRIAN ALABASTER COLUMN IDOL Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC. A tall columnar idol with slightly flaring ends, each terminating in a flat, circular face. A single broad, shallow groove is cut across the surface of each end, extending onto the adjoining vertical faces along two opposite sides. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: AO 29487 (type). Size: 270mm x 130mm; Weight: 5.6kg Provenance: Private London collection.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France between 2000 - 2005, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.