Jar with Four Ibex

Description

Large numbers of ceramic vessels decorated with black slip have been found among the sophisticated urban settlements of South Asia's protohistoric Indus Valley civilization. The walls of this jar are so thin that it must have been created on a potter's wheel.The four male ibex have two curving horns of exaggerated length, and three hairs under the chin.

Provenance

(Bodhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-2001); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2001-)

Jar with Four Ibex

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c. 2800–2500 BCE

Accession Number

2001.1

Medium

ceramic with black slip

Dimensions

Overall: 12.2 x 23 cm (4 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund