INDUS VALLEY POLYCHROME PAINTED VESSEL

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A wonderful pottery vessel, finely painted with an intricate decorative program comprised of a lower register of horizontal red and

4th-2nd century B.C. and earlier. Comprising fragments from various types of vessels, most with painted decoration; including a large fragment of an Indus Valley vessel with a polychrome frieze with a

3rd millennium BC. A squat biconvex ceramic jar with flared rim, painted polychrome frieze to the shoulder of geometric panels and pairs of fish. 630 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). From an important London col

3rd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with painted polychrome frieze of an ibex, zebu and lion. 115 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No R

3rd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with painted polychrome frieze of lions and geometric panels. 100 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [

3rd millennium BC. A squat ceramic cup with polychrome painted frieze of geometric panels and wolves with gaping jaws. 95 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age potter

3rd millennium BC. A globular jar with everted rim, polychrome painted geometric bands with fish, zebu, gryphon and other items. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation:

3rd millennium B.C. A ceramic vessel of carinated form and slightly concave upper body with everted rim and shallow foot, polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body. 460 grams, 15.5 cm wide (6 1/8

3rd millennium B.C. A ceramic vessel of carinated form with waisted upper body, everted rim and shallow foot, decorated with painted polychrome frieze composed of a medial band of concentric and conjo

4th-2nd millennium B.C. A group of seven damaged ceramic vessels of various types and sizes including bowls, jars and a stemmed cup, most with polychrome painted geometric or animal motifs. 850 grams

Ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. Huge and impressive piece showing only minor loss of painted decoration, with encrustations on the lower half, with no chips, cracks or repairs. Purchased Oriental Antique Art 20

Ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. Another very large piece with no chips, cracks or repairs. Painted decoration is bright and complete. This ancient bowl is oversized and impressive in person. Purchased Oriental

Ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. Painted decoration shows wear, along with a few rim chips. No cracks, major chips or repairs. Purchased Oriental Antique Art 2007. Ex-Nooter coll.

3rd millennium B.C. and later. Comprising fragmentary vessels of different types, and a number of smaller fragments, including a small vessel with most pieces present; most with painted polychrome dec

Ca. 2500 to 1800 BCE. Painted decoration shows wear, otherwise very good with no chips, cracks or repairs. Purchased Oriental Antique Art 2008 as a Harappan vessel. Ex-Nooter coll.

2nd-1st millennium B.C. A ceramic vessel of carinated form and slightly concave upper body with everted rim and shallow foot, polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body. 294 grams, 13 cm wide (5 1/

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. An incurved terracotta bowl with a flat base, wide walls, curved shoulders, a deep int

South Asia, Indus Valley, Pakistan, ca. 2000 BCE. Very fine and extensively decorated, a polychrome pottery cup on a short foot, adorned on the exterior walls with twin birds, one gracing each side, a

3rd millennium BC. A squat ceramic jar, biconical in profile with basal ring and everted rim, frieze of black advancing bulls on a crimson field with hatched vertical dividers. Private collection, Sou

Description: Ca. 2500 BC. Interesting Indus Valley small terracotta vessel, with birds eating leaves. Black paint, possibly retouched. Provenance: ex. Private British Collector, acquired in 70s. All p

3rd millennium BC. A bell-shaped ceramic footed cup with painted frieze including ibexes, a serpent and standing birds. 180 grams, 13cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery;

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery bowl with tall walls, a deep basin, and a thin, slightly flared rim, all atop a pet

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A finely-detailed terracotta jar with a planar base, gradually-widening walls, slight recessed shoulders, a wide

3rd millennium BC. A group of ceramic Nal culture vessels with polychrome pigment decoration in the form of panels depicting advancing gryphons, fishes, lions and geometric motifs. See Satyawadi, N. P