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Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery bowl with a planar base, a wide body, inward-angled walls, a deep interior cavity, and a thin rim decorated with a thick, dark-brown stripe on the inside. The exterior is painted with a wondrous zoomorphic register including a bird with a broad tail, spindly legs, an aquiline beak, and wide wings boasting blue and white feathers as well as a bird-headed lion with a sinuous tail, a striped body, and one front paw extended. Two wide panels of abstract linear and geometric motifs separate the two figures, and all painted details are presented atop a pale orange ground. Size: 5.125" W x 2.925" H (13 cm x 7.4 cm).

Provenance: private S. S. collection, Los Angeles, California, USA

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#136067

Vessel repaired from a few large pieces with resurfacing, overpainting, and earthen stabilization material along break lines. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to rim, body, and base, with overpainting along some painted details, and light roughness across most surfaces. Nice earthen deposits and light root marks throughout.