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Jar in the Form of a Figure with Modeled Head and Painted Tunic by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Jar in the Form of a Figure with Modeled Head and Painted Tunic

Jar in the Form of a Figure with Modeled Head and Painted Tunic

Jar in the Form of a Figure with Modeled Head and Painted Tunic

-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 periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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