Indus Valley, Pakistan, Mehrgarh and Nindowari culture (c. 2500 BC). This lot consist of the biconical pinkish pot with linear decoration painted in black as well as internal red rim from the Nindowari culture, one storage jar with deep shoulder, everted rim and geometric decoration of horizontal and vertical lines creating panels and some remains of red paint between, as well as a small grey bowl with darker floral-like and geometrical decoration inside and outside of the body. The jar and the bowl can be associated with the Mehrgarh culture. Nindowari culture is dated to the chalcolithic period and has many similarities to the earliest Kulli settlements.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in Southeast Asia. Condition: Fine condition with some traces of age and use, with some fritting to the lip, some small chips and color fading. The grey bowl has been broken and repaired, two longer cracks visible.
Dimensions: foot diameter 4- 9.5 cm, opening diameter 6.8 - 11.5 cm, Height 5.5 - 8.5 cm