3rd millennium BC. A ceramic Nal culture vessel with polychrome pigment decoration in the form of panels depicting a crouching lion, a pecking bird, a peepal leaf and a geometric motif. See Satyawadi, N. Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi, 1994 for discussion. 602 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). English private collection; acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve]