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Potrait Jar of a Ruler Wearing Simple Headdress by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Potrait Jar of a Ruler Wearing Simple Headdress

Potrait Jar of a Ruler Wearing Simple Headdress

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicart of the americasterracotta

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