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Miniature Vessel in the Form of a Reclinging Animal by Inca — VisualArtsDB

Miniature Vessel in the Form of a Reclinging Animal

Miniature Vessel in the Form of a Reclinging Animal

1450–1532

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 10.8 × 14 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandeslate intermediate periodceramicpigmentart of the americasica

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