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Blackware Plate by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Plate

Blackware Plate

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 6 × 25.4 cm (2 3/8 × 10 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearthenwarevesselceramicsamerican decorative artsinorganic materialchimúArts of the AmericasPre-Columbiandecorative artsblackware (black basaltes)andeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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