Harappan Terracotta Elongated Cup with Geometric Decoration luba smoothly burnished surfaces

smoothly burnished surfaces

Accession Number: 97

The smallest bead features a delicate light-blue surface adorned with applied red-on-white eye motifs

Painted in black

and barley

Harappan Terracotta Elongated Cup with Geometric Decoration luba smoothly burnished surfacesHarappan Civilization, c. 26002450 BC, Sindh, Pakistan An exceptional and large terracotta cup from the Indus Valley Civilization, featuring a flat base and an elegantly elongated body that rises to a broad, slightly flaring rim. The vessels surface is adorned with finely painted geometric motifs in black slip, applied over a slip painted reddish orange ground. These linear and triangular patternslikely executed with a fine brushexemplify the