INDUS VALLEY PAINTED JAR WITH IBEX. Ca. 2400 - 1900 BC. A terracotta jar with an ovoid body that tapers towards a flat base and a narrow neck leading to a flared rim. The central register is divided into rectangular sections, each containing a simplified depiction of an ibex with an elongated body, slender legs, and curved horns extending backwards. The torso is filled with parallel diagonal lines, while horizontally oriented strokes are positioned in opposite corners of each section. The ibex panels are separated by a series of straight vertical lines. Multiple horizontal bands of varying thickness encircle the area above and below, framing the central register. The Evolution of the mature Indus pottery style, in the Light of the excavations at Nausharo, Pakistan, by Gonzague Quivron, fig. 4 plate B. Size: 220mm x 105mm; Weight: 700g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.