Indus Valley, Pakistan, Mehrgahr and Nindowari culture (c. 2500 BC). A very interesting lot consisting of one small jug, one small goblet and one small plate with reddish geometric decoration from the Mehrgarh culture, as well as an impressive small storage jar (or an urn) with well-preserved decoration in the form of friezes with ibexes pained in black to the body. The Mehrgahr vessels are reddish buff ware and they are characteristic for the Mehrgarh III period. The ibexes jar could be associated with Nindowari culture which is dating back to the chalcolithic period and similar to the earliest Kulli culture settlements.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in Southeast Asia. Condition: Good condition with some traces of age and use, with some fritting to the lip and some small chips and discolorations. Storage jar with 3 bigger chips to the bottom and one longer crack to the body.
Dimensions: foot diameter 3.5 cm – 8 cm, opening diameter 3.9 cm – 8.5 cm, Height 1.5 – 9.3 cm
