INDUS VALLEY TERRACOTTA CARINATED BOWL WITH ANIMALS Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC. A terracotta bowl with carinated profile, slightly flaring rim, and tapering base, decorated in black slip on a reddish surface. The main register depicts a frieze of stylised quadrupeds with elongated bodies, round eyes, and patterned hides, framed by chevron lines. Horizontal bands encircle the base and rim. For similar see: A. Uesugi, Ceramics and Terracotta Figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec Collection, Japan, 2017, Fig. 62. Size: 130mm x 110mm; Weight: 440g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.