INDUS VALLEY KULLI POTTERY CHALICE. Ca. 2400 - 2100 BC. A terracotta chalice with a deep cup set upon a tall, tapering stem that broadens into a wide, circular foot. The cup is decorated with a painted frieze, divided into four sections by parallel lines. Two sections depict a bird with an elongated body, segmented wings, and a curved beak, another features a stylised peepal tree with a vertically striated trunk and radiating branches ending in pointed leaves, while a third presents a single peepal leaf. The stem is encircled by horizontal bands, and the foot is embellished with concentric circles, leaf motifs, and small rosettes. For similar see: Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katoleck Collection, fig. 205. Size: 210mm x 160mm; Weight: 835g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.