Ca. 2nd millennium BC.A beautiful vessel of a slender, cylindrical form with a flat base, tall walls, and a thick rim surrounding the deep basin. The vessel is hand-carved from alabaster with natural opaque white bands coursing throughout the stone matrix that illuminate when held next to a bright light. The interior has been gradually widened using a series of progressively finer drill bits and abrasive sand, and evidence of the original drilling striations are still visible within the interior cavity.Size: L:200mm / W:85mm ; 1.2KgProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.