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Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Image of a Running Royal Messenger by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Image of a Running Royal Messenger

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Image of a Running Royal Messenger

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 30.5 × 16.5 cm (12 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintamericasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandescoating (material)ceramicpigmentart of the americas

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