LOT 0034 INDUS VALLEY PAINTED POTTERY VESSEL
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C. 3rd millennium BC. Indus Valley Civilisation. An ochre-coloured vessel with a globular body, flat base, and short outward curving rim. The exterior features painted decoration in black, red and green depicting two zebu bulls with characteristic hump and curving horns. They are separated by stylised geometric vegetation and framed by a simple lower linear border and an upper panel of waved motifs. 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. The bull, with its hump and powerful horns, is a recurring motif in the Indus Valley, appearing on painted pottery like this example but also on figurines and stamps. The animal may represent the leader of a herd, who is able to protect his followers, or it could be a reflection of the bull’s importance in religious sacrifice. Cf. N. Satyawadi, 1994. Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi. Excellent condition; Size: L:180mm / W:220mm ; 1.55g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
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