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Portrait Vessel of a Head by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel of a Head

Portrait Vessel of a Head

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 14 × 14.9 × 13.7 cm (5 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialmochica vArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicpigmentart of the americas

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