id:			161747
accession number:	2001.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.1
updated:		2022-01-13 10:05:01.066000

Jar with Four Ibex, c. 2800-2500 BC. Pakistan, probably Quetta, Indus Valley Civilization. Ceramic with black slip; overall: 12.2 x 23 cm (4 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2001.1

title:				Jar with Four Ibex
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creation date:			c. 2800-2500 BC
creation date earliest:		-2800
creation date latest:		-2500
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Pakistan, probably Quetta, Indus Valley Civilization
technique:	ceramic with black slip
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Pakistan
type:		Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 12.2 x 23 cm (4 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Bodhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2001
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2001-
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fun fact: 
The long-horned ibex is at home in the Himalaya mountains, the source of the Indus River.

digital description: 
Large numbers of ceramic vessels decorated with black slip have been found among the sophisticated urban settlements of South Asia's protohistoric Indus Valley civilization. The walls of this jar are so thin that it must have been created on a potter's wheel.The four male ibex have two curving horns of exaggerated length, and three hairs under the chin.

wall description: 
This jar’s decoration combines charming depictions of ibexes with an elaborate spiral line pattern in the space between them. From the desert region of Pakistan today known as Baluchistan, it was formed on a potter’s wheel and its walls are extremely thin.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” April 4, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4381

	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Two Vessels from Ancient India,” <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> (December 2001): 6-7
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 6
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	“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2000-2001.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 53, 2002, pp. 111–125.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 9, p. 114
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