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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 28.9 × 16.5 × 21.6 cm (11 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicart of the americas

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