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Vessel in the Form of a Royal Messenger with Ritual Runners by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Royal Messenger with Ritual Runners

Vessel in the Form of a Royal Messenger with Ritual Runners

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 27 × 19.7 cm (10 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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runneramericasritualmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materiallandscaperitual objectsArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheandesceramicart of the americas

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