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Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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