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Ritual Vessel Depicting a Masked Deity with Serpents by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Ritual Vessel Depicting a Masked Deity with Serpents

Ritual Vessel Depicting a Masked Deity with Serpents

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 21 × 15.2 cm (8 1/4 × 6 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialritual objectsArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesmochica iiicoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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