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Portrait Vessel of a Captive by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Portrait Vessel of a Captive

Portrait Vessel of a Captive

Portrait Vessel of a Captive

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicart of the americas

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