Bowl with painted decoration
Damb Sadaat, located in Baluchistan, was outside the area controlled by the cities of the Indus Valley. Similarities in ceramic form and design, however, show that these areas were in contact during the middle and late third millennium B.C.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with painted decoration
- Period: Early Harappan
- Date: ca. early to mid-3rd millennium BCE
- Geography: Indus Region, Damb Sadaat
- Culture: Indus
- Medium: Ceramic, paint
- Dimensions: 6 in. × 6 1/4 in. × 6 1/4 in. (15.3 × 15.8 × 15.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, by exchange, 1957
- Object Number: 57.99.2
- Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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