Painted Terracotta Bowl with Scorpions 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A squat ceramic bowl with rounded underside, scooped shoulder and rounded rim, painted bands to the rim and equator, frieze of scorpions between. Cf. Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology vol.2, New Delhi, 1994, chart 9. 375 grams, 89 mm high (3 1/2 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. [No Reserve]