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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Cheetah - LO.1017
Origin: Pakistan, India
Circa: 2600
BC
to 1900
BC
Dimensions:
3.75" (9.5cm) high
x 6.25" (15.9cm) wide
Collection: Asian Art
Style: Indus Valley
Medium: Terracotta
Condition: Very Fine
Additional Information: Hong-Kong
Location: Great Britain
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Terracotta figurines such as these ones have been
unearthed also at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa,
suggesting a commonality of style and purpose
throughout the Indus Valley during the mature
Harappan period (ca. 2600-2450 BCE). Like many
figurines datable to this period, the front and back
legs are joined together. In one excavated example
from Chanu-daro a hole was poked in the belly,
indicating that it would have been attached to a stick
for use as a puppet or a small standard of the kind
carried in the processions depicted on some seals. In
others, the hole was indeed placed on the back of the
animal, thus suggesting an alternative function,
perhaps linked to music.
For a comparable example see: J.Aruz ed, Art of the
Ancient Cities, 2003: no.276, p.390. J.Kenoyer,
Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, 1998.
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