Jar Painted with Birds
2600–2000 B.C.
Object PlaceChanhu-Daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta; buff-colored clay painted with red slip and black decoration
DimensionsOverall: 48.3 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm (19 x 15 x 15 in.)
Credit LineJoint Expedition of the American School of Indic and Iranian Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1935–1936 Season
Accession number36.2977
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1935 - 1936, excavated at Chanhu Daro, Pakistan by the joint expedition of the American School of Indic and Iranian Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; 1936, assigned to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 2, 1999)
about 2400–1750 B.C.
3000 B.C.
2400–2000 B.C.
1st–2nd century A.D.
late 3rd millennium B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.
mid-3rd millennium B.C.
about 2400–1750 B.C.
Late 3rd millennium B.C.