BACTRIAN SCHIST BASKET VESSEL Ca. 2200 - 1800 BC. A cylindrical vessel carved from dark grey schist with a flat base and straight vertical walls. The exterior is decorated with a continuous crosshatched pattern forming diagonally arranged diamond-shaped fields. Four evenly spaced temple or palace façades interrupt the latticework, each delineated with linear borders and containing nested rectangular fields above a panel of incised chevrons. A raised band encircles both the top and bottom edges. For similar see: S. Jelveh, A Brief Study of The Jiroft Style Stone Artefact, P. 14. Size: 60mm x 75mm; Weight: 265g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.