Two Indus Valley Pottery Vessels - Ibexes & Fish
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Description
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 1900 BCE. An ensemble of 2 hand-built pottery vessels including a squat spherical jar with stippling around the neck and a register of minimalist ibexes around the midsection as well as a squat bowl with a piscine motif across the exterior. Size (fish bowl): 3.5" L x 3.4" W x 2.7" H (8.9 cm x 8.6 cm x 6.9 cm); (ibex jar): 3.1" L x 3.2" W x 2.625" H (7.9 cm x 8.1 cm x 6.7 cm)
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired before 2000
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#186188
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired before 2000
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.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#186188
Condition
Repair and restoration to fish bowl, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines; ibex jar is intact. Each vessel with light earthen deposits and fading to pigment, otherwise in nice condition. Great preservation to original motifs across exterior surfaces.
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Two Indus Valley Pottery Vessels - Ibexes & Fish
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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