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Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab

Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Genre: vessel
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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andeanvesselsvesselceramicsArts of the Americassouth americanmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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