3rd millennium B.C. A limestone bowl with vertical walls carved with two registers of stylised entwined snakes with scale detailing, all four heads facing left, raised ribs between, above and below the serpents. Cf. Aruz, J., Art Of The First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, pp.326-327 and p.331, for similar snakes and bowl. 1.9 kg, 19 cm wide (7 1/2 in."). Acquired from a gallery in France. Kept in the UK since 1982, thence by descent. Apanied by scholarly note TL05427 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.11193-188136. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions ]Condition Report: Fine condition.