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Miniature Portrait Jar of a Human Head with Face Painting by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Miniature Portrait Jar of a Human Head with Face Painting

Miniature Portrait Jar of a Human Head with Face Painting

Miniature Portrait Jar of a Human Head with Face Painting

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 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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