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C. 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley. A fine example of an Indus Valley civilisation bowl, with lightly flaring walls and a ring foot. This ochre coloured vessel is decorated with a series of black, stylised gazelles standing over a simple floral or solar motif. Each gazelles is separated from the next by a continuous geometric design.
n. The Indus Valley Civilisation was an important Bronze Age culture which arose in c. 3300 BC and lasted until c. 1300, though its heyday, to which this ceramic vessel belongs, was in the 3rd millennium BC. Gazelles are a recurring motif in the Indus Valley and may reflect the importance of such animals to survival in this region. Cf. N. Satyawadi, 1994. Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi. Superb condition. Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1970s. Size: H:90mm / W:210mm ; 693g