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THBHuge Indus Valley Pottery Jar w/ Ibex, TL Tested
Lot 122
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2300 to 1900 BCE. An exquisite, hand-built pottery jar of a massive size with a planar base, a spherical body with a gently carinated midsection, rounded shoulders, and a thin rim surrounding the cavernous interior. The exterior of the bulbous vessel is adorned with a wavy band of black pigment along the lower body, concentric bars encircling the midsection, and concentric quadrilateral forms - perhaps representing plots of land - connected via intersecting concentric pathways. The upper shoulder is embellished with additional concentric stripes, and just beneath the rim is a register of minimalist, stylized ibexes with plump bodies, petite tails, and grand horns curving above their slender heads. Vessels like this example were perhaps used as sizable storage containers or - since the translation of Mohenjo-Daro is "Mound of the Dead" - even funerary urns like a cinerarium. A beautiful example of ancient Indus Valley pottery! Size: 15.5" Diameter x 12.5" H (39.4 cm x 31.8 cm)
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#137810Repaired from over 20 large pieces, with restorations to areas of rim and body, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light encrustations across interior and exterior surfaces, with light fading to original pigment, and nicks to rim, body, and base. Nice preservation of linear and zoomorphic motifs. TL drill hole beneath foot.Condition
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