A collection of faience ornaments from Harappa. The Harappans developed a very compact glassy faience that was produced in a variety of colors, ranging from white, to blue green, deep blue and even red-brown. On the left is a disc shaped ornament of… >

The central ornament worn on the forehead of the famous "priest-king" sculpture from Mohenjo-daro appears to represent an eye bead, possibly made of gold with steatite inlay in the center. >

Find nos. AF12, P IV 100, B 1705. 1. Left: broken piece of a bangle, resembles Pl CXXXVIII, no 5, Possibly of faience. Vats noted: “Most of the faience examples are ornamented with cog-wheel edges or incised linear patterns” (Vats 1940, p. 448)… >