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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 30.5 × 19.4 cm (12 × 7 5/8 in.)
Genre: ceramics
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasglazemodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodheaddressesvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeoplerulers (people)inorganic materialArts of the AmericasMalesouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americasceramic glaze

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