1st millennium BC. A ceramic altar comprising a rectangular base with couchant juvenile lions or lionesses flanking a square-section tower with incised and impressed ornament, square window to each broad face, five projections to the upper face supporting a squat bowl with everted rim. 2.3 kg, 29.5cm (11 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly with the Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK; acquired before 1972.