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Heavily Eroded Miniature Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Heavily Eroded Miniature Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks

Heavily Eroded Miniature Jar in Form of a Human Head with Large Cheeks

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 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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