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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler, Stirrup Missing by Moche — VisualArtsDB

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Portrait Vessel of a Ruler, Stirrup Missing

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler, Stirrup Missing

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler, Stirrup Missing

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 26.2 × 17.3 cm (10 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Genre: Earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesart of the americasterracotta

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