C. 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley. A collection of five Indus valley ceramic vessels including (front, L-R): a jar with flaring mouth, constricted neck and cylindrical body; a hemispherical bowl with out-turned rim (back, L-R): a jar with an out-turned rim, constricted neck, globular body and pedestalled foot; a cylindrical bowl with a ring foot and black-painted gate motif and a small bowl with a spout. The Indus Valley Civilisation was an important Bronze Age culture which arose in c. 3300 BC and lasted until c. 1300, though its heyday, to which these ceramic vessels belong, was in the 3rd Millennium BC. Good condition. Size: L:Set of 5; 20mm/ 75mm / W:50mm/ 90mm ; 450g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980s.