Indus Valley Division - Part 4 

Items T300 to T399

The Indus Valley Civilization (3300 - 1700 BC), abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River basin. Primarily centred in Pakistan (Sindh and Punjab provinces) and India (Gujarat and Rajasthan), it extended westward into the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Remains have been excavated from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran, as well. Development of farming communities ultimately jed to the accretion of larger settlements from the later 4th millennium BC. The distinctive regional culture which emerged is called Early or Pre-Harappan. The mature phase of this civilization is technically known as the Harappan Civilization (2600 - 1900BC), after the first of its cities to be unearthed: Harappa in Pakistan. Excavation of IVC sites have been ongoing since 1920, with important breakthroughs occurring as recently as 1999.

Most painted pottery of the Indus cities was covered with a red slip (the colour coming from red ochre) and then painted with black designs. Around 2600 BC the style of the painted designs included floral and geometric motifs arranged in panels beginning at the rim and extending to the lower body of the vessel. Many of these painted designs such as the pipal leaf, the fish-scale design and intersecting-circle motifs have roots in earlier regional cultures (3300 - 2600 BC) but the combination of various motifs and the style of the decoration reflects a new synthesis characteristic of the Indus cities.

Image Code T300

Catalogue No.: T300 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 59mm.

Image Code T301

Catalogue No.: T301 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 65mm.

Image Code T302

Catalogue No.: T302 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 80mm.

Image Code T303

Catalogue No.: T303 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 85mm.

Image Code T304

Catalogue No.: T304 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel Magnificent large Indus Valley Fish pot of monumental proportions and with vivd polychromy mineral pigment remaining. The wide girth vessel possesses a band of raised circular bosses to the midriff and is decorated around the middle with concentric circle devices within black bands and higher up with similar devices and alternating pairs of fish (according to Parpola, these are representations of a sky god within the Indus culture). A Mehrgarh vessel of this size and quality is considered exceptionally rare, especially given the state of preservation of the polychrome decoration to the piece. The piece has undergone some professional repair and restoration and remains in a sound and stable condition. Size: 310 X 200mm.

Image Code T305

Catalogue No.: T305 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 45mm.

Image Code T306

Catalogue No.: T306 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 48mm.

Image Code T307

Catalogue No.: T307 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 75 X 60mm.

Image Code T308

Catalogue No.: T308 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 65mm.

Image Code T309

Catalogue No.: T309 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 50mm.

Image Code T310

Catalogue No.: T310 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 50mm.

Image Code T311

Catalogue No.: T311 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel, Kulli Phase Pot Lid or Plate. Decorated in chocolate brown with large felines, geometric and arched devices and arcane symbols. The plate or pot cover has been only partly cleaned of earthen encrustation. Kulli Phase, late 3rd Millennium BC, Nindowari Culture. Size: 215mm dia.

Image Code T312

Catalogue No.: T312 Description: Indus Valley Deity Bust. c. 2nd Millennium BC. Large and rare Mohenjo-Daro female figurine of exceptionally fine style. The deity or goddess is depicted with an elaborate plaited head-dress and floral adornments with large loop earrings hanging from pendulous lobes. A large pendant hangs from a choker style necklace and the breasts are uncovered. The accentuated almond-shaped eyes and wide mouth are characteristic of figurines found at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, however, the style and countenance of this piece make it particularly rare. Terracotta with remnant gesso. Mohenjo-Daro (Ancient Pakistan). Size: 201 X 115mm.

Image Code T313

Catalogue No.: T313 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 65 X 95mm.

Image Code T314

Catalogue No.: T314 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 70 X 83mm.

Image Code T315

Catalogue No.: T315 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 65mm.

Image Code T316

Catalogue No.: T316 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 73 X 55mm.

Image Code T317

Catalogue No.: T317 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 92 X 70mm.

Image Code T318

Catalogue No.: T318 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 50mm.

Image Code T319

Catalogue No.: T319 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 85mm.

Image Code T320

Catalogue No.: T320 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 108 X 70mm.

Image Code T321

Catalogue No.: T321 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 128 X 78mm.

Image Code T324 Image Code T324a

Catalogue No.: T324 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 92 X 35mm.

Image Code T325 Image Code T325a

Catalogue No.: T325 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 138 X 44mm.

Image Code T326 Image Code T326a

Catalogue No.: T326 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 126 X 39mm.

Image Code T327 Image Code T327a

Catalogue No.: T327 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 130 X 39mm.

Image Code T328 Image Code T328a

Catalogue No.: T328 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 135 X 22mm.

Image Code T329 Image Code T329a

Catalogue No.: T329 Description: Indus Valley Mother Goddess Figurine. Nausharo, Period 1B, 2800-2600 BC. Superb complete mother goddess figurine depicted with a broad collar necklace, high coif and nursing an infant to the breast with arms bent, whilst seated. Buff clay. Nausharo (Ancient Pakistan). This ancient item was recovered from the area which later became known as the archaeological site of Nausharo which is a Harrappan or Indus Civilization site, located in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, about six kilometers from the Harappan capital city of Mehrgahr. The small settlement includes a pottery workshop, which was apparently abruptly abandoned, for its artifact assemblage includes nearly an entirely complete pottery tool kit, including chipped stone blades, kiln wasters and unfinished pottery. Size: 108 X 35mm.

Image Code T330 Image Code T330a

Catalogue No.: T330 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 100mm.

Image Code T331 Image Code T331a

Catalogue No.: T331 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 107 X 80mm.

Image Code T332 Image Code T332a

Catalogue No.: T332 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 65 X 75mm.

Image Code T333 Image Code T333a

Catalogue No.: T333 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 200 X 85mm.

Image Code T334 Image Code T334a

Catalogue No.: T334 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 115 X 39mm.

Image Code T335 Image Code T335a

Catalogue No.: T335 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 85 X 80mm.

Image Code T336 Image Code T336a

Catalogue No.: T336 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 87mm.

Image Code T337 Image Code T337a

Catalogue No.: T337 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size:110 X 80mm.

Image Code T338 Image Code T338a

Catalogue No.: T338 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 115mm dia.

Image Code T339 Image Code T339a

Catalogue No.: T339 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 115mm dia.

Image Code T340 Image Code T340a

Catalogue No.: T340 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 130mm dia.

Image Code T341 Image Code T341a

Catalogue No.: T341 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 110mm dia.

Image Code T342 Image Code T342a

Catalogue No.: T342 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 130mm dia.

Image Code T343

Catalogue No.: T343 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Cover or Plate. Earthenware pottery cover or plate decorated in chocolate brown with banded arch motifs and remarkable for the potter’s mark or symbol displayed in the centre. This early Indus Valley script has, to this day, still not been deciphered although scholars have gained much information through the numerous seals, statues and pottery discovered during excavations at Indus Valley sites such as the ancient archaeological ruins of Mohenjadaro and Harappa. Size: 170mm dia.

Image Code T344

Catalogue No.: T344 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 75mm.

Image Code T345

Catalogue No.: T345 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 64mm.

Image Code T346

Catalogue No.: T346 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 180 X 75mm.

Image Code T347

Catalogue No.: T347 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 75mm.

Image Code T348

Catalogue No.: T348 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 160 X 33mm.

Image Code T349

Catalogue No.: T349 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 100mm.

Image Code T350

Catalogue No.: T350 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 43mm.

Image Code T351

Catalogue No.: T351 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 80mm.

Image Code T352

Catalogue No.: T352 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 85mm.

Image Code T353

Catalogue No.: T353 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 65mm.

Image Code T354

Catalogue No.: T354 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 215 X 140mm.

Image Code T355

Catalogue No.: T355 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 172 X 75mm.

Image Code T356

Catalogue No.: T356 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 105 X 80mm.

Image Code T357

Catalogue No.: T357 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 160 X 100mm.

Image Code T358

Catalogue No.: T358 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 195 X 135mm.

Image Code T359

Catalogue No.: T359 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 63mm.

Image Code T360

Catalogue No.: T360 Description: Indus Valley Pottery Stand or Votive Bowl, the inside decorated in chocolate brown over a red slip and depicting a scorpion, thought to be in connection to an Indus deity or god. Kulli Phase, c. 2300 – 2000 BC, Nindowari Culture Size: 150 X 127mm.

Image Code T361

Catalogue No.: T361 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 60mm.

Image Code T362

Catalogue No.: T362 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 85mm.

Image Code T363

Catalogue No.: T363 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 75mm.

Image Code T364

Catalogue No.: T364 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 185 X 120mm.

Image Code T365

Catalogue No.: T365 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 105 X 95mm.

Image Code T366

Catalogue No.: T366 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 65mm.

Image Code T367

Catalogue No.: T367 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 168 X 100mm.

Image Code T368

Catalogue No.: T368 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 145 X 80mm.

Image Code T369

Catalogue No.: T369 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 90mm.

Image Code T370

Catalogue No.: T370 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 130mm.

Image Code T371

Catalogue No.: T371 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 70mm.

Image Code T372

Catalogue No.: T372 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 160 X 100mm.

Image Code T373

Catalogue No.: T373 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 149 X 70mm.

Image Code T374

Catalogue No.: T374 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 115 X 60mm.

Image Code T375

Catalogue No.: T375 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 55mm.

Image Code T376

Catalogue No.: T376 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 105 X 60mm.

Image Code T377

Catalogue No.: T377 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 98 X 55mm.

Image Code T378

Catalogue No.: T378 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 70mm.

Image Code T379

Catalogue No.: T379 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 105 X 75mm.

Image Code T380

Catalogue No.: T380 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Superb condition bowl with an orange-red slip painted decoration and an upper band featuring raised relief circular bosses and bird motifs within chocolate brown concentric banding. Mehrgarh Culture, Nal Phase (c. late 4th millennium BC) Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest Neolithic settlements. The remains are located in Balochistan, Pakistan, on the Kachi Plain near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River valley and between the present-day cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi. Mehrgarh is sometimes cited as the earliest known farming settlement in South Asia, based on the archaeological excavations from 1974 (Jarrige et al). The earliest evidence of settlement dates from 7000 BCE. It is also cited for the earliest evidence of pottery in South Asia. Archaeologists divide the occupation of the site into several periods. The chalcolithic people of Mehrgarh also had contacts with northern Afghanistan, north-eastern Iran and even the southern part of central Asia. Size: 190 X 79mm.

Image Code T381

Catalogue No.: T381 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 92 X 52mm.

Image Code T382

Catalogue No.: T382 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 60mm.

Image Code T383

Catalogue No.: T383 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 112 X 100mm.

Image Code T384

Catalogue No.: T384 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 80mm.

Image Code T385

Catalogue No.: T385 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 110mm.

Image Code T386

Catalogue No.: T386 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 80mm.

Image Code T387

Catalogue No.: T387 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 65mm.

Image Code T388

Catalogue No.: T388 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel - Superb Indus Valley Pot Lid of fine buff clay construction with a red slip and chocolate brown decoration, the upper surface of the lid with naïve depictions of a goat or antelope and a gharial (crocodile), the gharial depicted in an almost vertical manner, perhaps indicating its imminent attack upon the other animal. Kulli Phase, c. 2300 – 2000 BC, Nindowari Culture. Size: 212 X 90mm.

Image Code T389

Catalogue No.: T389 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 87 X 67mm.

Image Code T390

Catalogue No.: T390 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 190 X 135mm.

Image Code T391

Catalogue No.: T391 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 185 X 130mm.

Image Code T392

Catalogue No.: T392 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 55mm.

Image Code T393

Catalogue No.: T393 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 60mm.

Image Code T394

Catalogue No.: T394 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 165 X 95mm.

Image Code T395

Catalogue No.: T395 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 100mm.

Image Code T396

Catalogue No.: T396 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 82mm.

Image Code T397

Catalogue No.: T397 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 127 X 64mm.

Image Code T398

Catalogue No.: T398 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 33mm.

Image Code T399

Catalogue No.: T399 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 85 X 60mm.

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