The diagnostic Harappan painted ceramic styles (Red-and-Black ware) exhibit specific standardized iconography. Which of the following selections captures the most dominant combination of motifs painted in black pigment over the red slips?

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Harappan fine pottery decorations are highly stylized and standardized. The surfaces are covered with a lustrous red slip, upon which artists used black manganese-rich pigments to paint interlocking circles, detailed serrated pipal leaves, complex grid chequerboards, and local avifauna like peacocks, reflecting deep socio-religious symbols.

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