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Jar with Four Ibex

c. 2800-2500 BC

Pakistan, probably Quetta, Indus Valley Civilization

Ceramic with black slip

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

John L. Severance Fund 2001.1

Location

242A Ancient India

Fun Fact

The long-horned ibex is at home in the Himalaya mountains, the source of the Indus River.

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
?-2001
(Bodhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
2001-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” April 4, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Czuma, Stanislaw. “Two Vessels from Ancient India,” The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine (December 2001): 6-7 Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 6
“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2000-2001.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 53, 2002, pp. 111–125. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 9, p. 114
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.1