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Blackware Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Couple in an Erotic Embrace by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

Blackware Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 18.4 × 17.2 cm (7 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicainorganic materialmochica vArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheblackware (black basaltes)andesceramicart of the americas

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