BACTRIAN CHLORITE COSMETIC PALETTE Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC. A Bactrian cosmetic palette made from a lightweight stone. The palette is square and divided into four hollows, with the external walls decorated with geometric motifs. For similar see: Sandro Salvatori's Early Bactrian Objects in Private Collection (1988), n. 85. Size: 40mm x 90mm; Weight: 410g. Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.