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Jar with Abstract Human Face Painted on Shoulder by Paracas — VisualArtsDB

Jar with Abstract Human Face Painted on Shoulder

Jar with Abstract Human Face Painted on Shoulder

-650–-150

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasparacasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsearly horizoninorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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