RARE INDUS VALLEY PAINTED PLATE WITH GODDESS AND SCRIPT

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ART OF ASIA- FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT DAY

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Jul 26, 2020

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  C. 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley. An excellent example of an Indus Valley civilisation bowl, with a truncated conical and flattened base. while the interior of the bowl features a border of black leaves surrounding a central rondel. This central rondel contains a female figure depicted in a hieratic pose (facing the viewer); she wears a carefully textured dress akin to a modern sari and special attention has been paid to her highly detailed shoulder-length hair, which is worn loose. To her left and right are short examples of the Indus Valley written script. The exterior is undecorated. 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. Representations of mortal women are rare in Indus Valley Civilisation Art, indicating that the individual depicted here is probably a goddess. Cf. N. Satyawadi, 1994. Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi. Excellent condition. Good condition. Provenance: From the private collection of a Central London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market formed in the 1980s; Size: H:50.5mm / W:150mm ; 266g
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