Ancient Indian piece- lots of contradicting patterns

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3rd Millenium BC Indus Valley painted vessel. Amazingly like modern art.

Indus Valley Jar - Circa: 2500 BC to 2000 BC

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Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel | Pakistan/Western India, 3500 BC to 2000 BC

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Dilmun seal and impression; a shipping trade center in islands in and around Bahrain for Mesopotamia to the Indus Valley starting ca. 2500 BCE. These seals follow Indus design. After the Indus Valley civilization collapsed Dilmun status declined. By 600 BCE it was absorbed into the Babylonian empire. In 323 BCE Greeks imposed dominance. As Greek influence declined it was referred to as Awal (after an idol) for 8 centuries until Islamic control in 692 CE.

Indus Valley Polychrome Jar, Mehrgarh, c. 3300-1700 BCA bulbous terracotta vessel with painted polychrome design of geometric panels, two flying birds and two feeding birds The Indus Valley...

Period: Chalcolithic. Date: ca. 4000–3600 B.C.. Geography: Central Iran. Medium: Ceramic, paint. Dimensions: 21 in. (53.3 cm). Classification: Ceramics-Ve...

The piece was found in Harappa in 1993 and is visible in the Harappa Museum today. "Painted dish portion from a dish-on-stand. The black-on-red painted decoration is arranged in panels that are divided into four sections. Two peacocks are depicted on one side, and a many-branched tree with short leaves is painted on the opposite panel section. Between these two motifs are multiple lines of loops with circle-and-dot designs and hatching which totally fill all of the empty space.

The Circular Platforms and so-called Granary at Harappa, two puzzling structures. By Richard H. Meadow and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. The original 2003 version of this section on a black background can be seen at old.harappa.com. Click on the slide below for slideshow mode; click on the title for the image on a white background with longer captions.