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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 × 22.7 cm (12 × 8 15/16 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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textile patternamericasmodeling (forming)andeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselpainting (image making)ceramicsmochicapeoplerulers (people)inorganic materialArts of the AmericasMalesouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicart of the americas

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