Jar with Four Ibex
Unknown Artist
c. 2800–2500 BCE
Medium
ceramic with black slip
Dimensions
12.2 × 23 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
2001.1
About this artwork
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.