Indus Valley Mehrgarh Chalice with Beasts

4th-3rd millennium BC. A bulbous ceramic jar with flared rim, band of polychrome motifs to the shoulder separating a frieze of a fish, a zebu and a gryphon. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A very large bulbous ceramic bowl with painted polychrome frieze to the centre, interlocking key pattern to the rim, body with four geometric panels, panels of animals in betwee

2nd millennium BC. A terracotta vessel with flared rim, globular body and slightly rounded foot; the neck decorated with a pair of ibex with large horns, geometric patterns to the body; large peepal t

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with

3rd millennium BC. A bell-shaped ceramic footed cup with painted frieze including ibexes, a serpent and standing birds. 180 grams, 13cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery;

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A fabulous, hand-built pottery figure, likely a fertility goddess, depicted standing with a voluptuous, hourglass-shaped body

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with thick legs stretched out

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically abstract form with slender limb

3rd millennium BC. A large ceramic Nal culture storage jar with polychrome decoration, frieze to the shoulder depicting an ibex grazing, lion resting and bull with a bird on its back and disc between

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with delineated legs stretched

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting highly stylized feminine features. Presenting with slightly bent legs

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with flared discoid base rising to an irregular rectangular-section mouth; bands of painted geometric design flanking four leaf motifs. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-His

4th-3rd millennium BC. A bell-shaped ceramic bowl with small base, polychrome geometric panels with pecking gryphon and chick. 130 grams, 13cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age p

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built female fertility figure of characteristically abstract form bearing slender limbs, a corseted waistline, and a

Central Asia, Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Mehrgarh period (pre-Indus Valley civilization), ca. 2800 to 2600 BCE. A fine fragment of a hand-built pottery female fertility figure exhibiting a abstract, avian

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery seated female "Venus" figure with a slender waist above ample hips and extended legs, a heart-shaped torso with

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. An intriguing standing female terracotta figure, hand-built with characteristically stylized featur

3rd millennium BC. A squat biconvex ceramic jar with flared rim, painted polychrome frieze to the shoulder of geometric panels and pairs of fish. 630 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). From an important London col

3rd millennium BC. A terracotta jar with low everted rim, painted frieze of ibexes to the shoulder, zebus and peepal trees to the body. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilis

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A characteristically bird-faced Indus Valley female figure, positioned in a seated pose, with her hands extended outward. She

**Originally Listed At $750** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A wonderful pair of hand-built Bronze Age pottery female statues which perhaps represent fertil

2nd-1st millennium BC. A ceramic jug comprising a biconvex body with short narrow base, flared neck with single strap handle to the shoulder, pierced filter at the junction of neck and body; painted p

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A wonderful pair of hand-built Bronze Age pottery female statues which perhaps represent fertility goddesses. The smaller, on

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting characteristically feminine details. The figure presents with bent legs as if