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Jar with Four Ibex
c. 2800-2500 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Jar with Four Ibex
- Date Created: c. 2800-2500 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 12.2 x 23 cm (4 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Bodhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.1
- Medium: ceramic with black slip
- Fun Fact: The long-horned ibex is at home in the Himalaya mountains, the source of the Indus River.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Pakistan, probably Quetta, Indus Valley Civilization
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Indian Art - Pakistan
- Accession Number: 2001.1
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