C. 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley. A collection of five Indus valley ceramic vessels including (front, L-R): hemispherical bowl; jar with cylindrical neck and carinated body (back, L-R): goblet with an out-turned rim, carinated body and pedestalled base, featuring painted line and dot motifs; a jar with an out-turned rim, constricted neck and piriform body; and a jar with an out-turned rim, constricted neck and globular body. 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; 55mm/ 60mm / W:40mm/ 90mm ; 365g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980s.