Indus Valley, Pakistan, Nidowari and Mehrgarh culture (c. 2500 BC). This lot consist of four ceramic lamps in graduated sizes: one small for four, one small for three and one larger lamp for three wicks, all three with corners pinched to form spouts and resembling oinoche shapes. Decorated with geometric shapes painted in black on a pale-yellow and reddish slip. The fourth lamp is a round pale-yellow lamp with 3 holes for hanging and simple decoration of parallel vertical lines on a upper rim.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in Southeast Asia. Condition: Good condition with some traces of age and use, with some fritting to the lip, some color fading and some small scratches and chips.
Dimensions: foot diameter 2.5 cm – 5 cm, opening diameter 7.5 cm – 6cm, Height 3 cm – 8.5 cm