9th-2nd century BC. A carved red-brown stone cylindrical vessel with traces of red cinnabar pigment, with an interlocking mythical zoomorphic and anthropomorphic geometric design. 214 grams, 76mm (3"). From a European collection, 1970s-1980s; previously in the collection of R. Ferrero, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1965; formerly in a private French collection, formed in the 1950s. Very fine condition.