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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: 28 × 14 cm (11 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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textile patternpaintamericasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodheaddressesvesselsearthenwarevesselmenpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeoplerulers (people)inorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandescoating (material)ceramicart of the americas

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