INDUS VALLEY PAINTED TERRACOTTA BEAKER WITH FISH

Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC. A terracotta beaker with tapering walls and a slightly rounded base, painted in black slip. The upper section features a continuous frieze of stylised fish with striped bodies, encircled by narrow horizontal bands. The midsection is decorated with a broad dark band bordered by parallel lines. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, Japan, 2017, Fig. 60.2 (Decoration) Size: 325mm x 110mm; Weight: 330g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.