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Miniature Vessel by Inca — VisualArtsDB

Miniature Vessel

Miniature Vessel

1450–1532

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 9.4 × 11.1 cm (3 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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