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Vessel in the Form of a Courtly Musician by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Courtly Musician

Vessel in the Form of a Courtly Musician

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 26.7 × 17.8 cm (10 1/2 × 7 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialmochica ivArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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