INDUS VALLEY PAINTED TERRACOTTA BOWL WITH ANIMALS Ca. 2400 - 2000 BC. A terracotta bowl with a wide conical body on a flat foot and a rounded rim. The interior is decorated in black with a central medallion encircled by a ring of concentric circles and dotted roundels. Three radiating registers divide the composition, each containing stylised animal motifs: fish, a peacock, a bull, and abstract vegetal elements. The rim is bordered by black bands. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, Japan, 2017, Cat. 172, 195. Size: 180mm x 60mm; Weight: 455g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.