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Miniature Vessel by Inca — VisualArtsDB

Miniature Vessel

Miniature Vessel

1450–1532

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 8.4 × 9.1 cm (3 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasmodeling (forming)andeanvesselsearthenwarevesselplant-derived motifpainting (image making)miniatureceramicsinorganic materialArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianandeslate intermediate periodofferingceramicart of the americasinca

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