3rd-2nd millennium BC. An early Bronze Age broad biconical terracotta drinking cup with flared rim, discoid base, surface painted with three horizontal lines around the body and rim, with black transverse leaves between the two series of horizontal lines. See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 204 grams, 98mm (4"). Property of a West Essex gentleman; formerly in a 1980s private collection. Decoration with single leaf pattern, in which the unconnected or disjointed leaves are seen suspended from thick bands, is typical on Indus Valley pottery found in Kalibangan, Moheniodaro, Jalilpur and many other localities (Satyawadi, 1994, p.92ff."). [No Reserve]

Fine condition.