Bidspirit auction | LARGE INDUS VALLEY HARAPPA PAINTED

LARGE INDUS VALLEY HARAPPA PAINTED JAR - Ca. 2500 - 2000 BC. A large ovoid jar with flaring neck and pronounced rim, painted with a continuous band of overlapping lozenge motifs encircling the body, each enclosing a central dot. The shoulder is decorated with an alternating pattern of concentric circles, lozenges and triangles in a red and black palette, while the neck features a stylised plant design. For similar see: Katolec Corporation, Ceramics and terracotta figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec collection, 2017, Kulli Style pottery, F. 74, p. 271. Size: 220mm x 100mm; Weight: 600g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.