PAIR OF BACTRIAN SCHIST VOTIVE BOWLS WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIFS Ca. 3000 - 2500 BC. A pair of schist votive bowls, the one on the left with a rounded body on a flattened base, the upper half arranged in registers of vertical notches, parallel grooves, a crosshatched band and further grooves, followed by two opposed diagonally hatched friezes and a final grooved band, the lower half plain; the one on the right with a rounded body, the upper zone with diagonal hatching and a broad crosshatched frieze bounded above and below by parallel grooves, the lower zone undecorated. For similar see: V. Sarianidi, N. Dubova, K. Samurskiy, The Treasure of Ancient Margian, p. 124. Size: 95-100mm x 70-70mm; Weight: 595g Provnance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. A. Kotlar collection, acquired in 2003.