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Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Head reasing on Legs by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Head reasing on Legs

Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Head reasing on Legs

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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