BACTRIAN COSMETIC STONE PALETTE. Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC. A stone cosmetic palette with a square form and four deep compartments. Each side of the exterior is divided into two rows, each with three squares, featuring alternating patterns of triangles and cross hatched designs arranged in a grid-like layout. The interior compartments provide defined spaces for holding different cosmetic substances. For similar see: Sandro Salvatori's Early Bactrian Objects in Private Collection (1988), n. 85. Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 390g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.