INDUS VALLEY PAINTED TERRACOTTA VESSEL WITH IBEX AND STANDARD Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC. A terracotta vessel with a waisted body and slightly flared rim, decorated in black and red slip. One side displays a long-horned ibex with curving horns. The opposite side bears a stylised standard with branching elements framed by undulating lines. Multiple bands encircle the base and rim. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, Japan, 2017, Fig. 63. Size: 150mm x 90mm; Weight: 410g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.