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Fragment of Large Deep Vessel

Culture: Harappa
Medium: Red pottery with red and black slip-painted decoration
Place Made: Chanhu Daro, Pakistan
Dates: circa 2500 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 4 15/16 x 6 1/8 in. (12.5 x 15.5 cm)
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Arts of India, 2nd Floor
Accession Number: 37.74
Credit Line: A. Augustus Healy Fund
Image: Overall, 37.74_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Fragment of a quite large, deep vessel with an everted lip. Reddish pottery painted on the inside with a design of horizontal rows of stylized leaves (?) in black on a red ground. On the lip is a scalloped pattern in the same technique. The paint has been rubbed in a number of places and the surface is chipped.

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