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Portrait Vessel in the Form of an Abstract Human Head by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel in the Form of an Abstract Human Head

Portrait Vessel in the Form of an Abstract Human Head

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 29.2 × 18.7 cm (11 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialmochica vArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheportraitsandesceramicart of the americas

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