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Jar with Four Ibex

Jar with Four Ibex

c. 2800–2500 BCE

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?-2001
    (Bodhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2001-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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 archive.org
    “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
  • {{cite web|title=Jar with Four Ibex|url=false|author=|year=c. 2800–2500 BCE|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.1