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Plate Depicting a Pair of Sharks on its Interior by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Plate Depicting a Pair of Sharks on its Interior

Plate Depicting a Pair of Sharks on its Interior

-180–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 4.5 × 16.5 cm (1 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselnazcaceramicsinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandesceramicart of the americas

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