INDUS VALLEY PAINTED JAR WITH BIRDS Ca. 1900 - 1400 BC. A biconical terracotta jar with a short neck and a flat base. The upper section is decorated with two figural panels separated by fields with a fish-scale pattern in red and black. One panel depicts a large bird, possibly a peacock, facing left, flanked by leafy branches. Another shows a geometric bird with striped wings. A wavy band circles the neck, and linear bands encircle the lower part of the vessel. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, 2017, Cat. 198 (shape). Size: 140mm x 140mm; Weight: 665g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.