INDUS VALLEY PAINTED TERRACOTTA JAR WITH CAPRID MOTIFS AND BIRDS Ca. 2400 - 2000 BC. A terracotta jar with a rounded body, short neck, and everted rim, decorated in black and red slip with alternating figural and geometric panels. Four scenes of stylised ibexes and long-necked birds occupy alternating compartments between crosshatched lozenge motifs set within red-outlined triangular frames. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, Japan, 2017, Cat. 199. Size: 115mm x 110mm; Weight: 325g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.