SUMERIAN ALABASTER GLOBULAR VESSEL. Ca. 2500 - 2200 BC. An alabaster vessel with a tapered base and rounded walls, swelling at the middle and curving inward towards a plain, wide mouth. Size: 110mm x 140mm; Weight: 905g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with M. Koening collection, Brussels, Belgium 1990s-2010.