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Stirrup Spout Portrait Vessel of a Ruler by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Stirrup Spout Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

Stirrup Spout Portrait Vessel of a Ruler

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 24.1 × 14.3 cm (9 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsmochicapeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanPre-Columbianmocheblackware (black basaltes)portraitsandesceramicart of the americas

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