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Vessel in the Form of a Flute-Player Laying atop Rectangle Shape by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of a Flute-Player Laying atop Rectangle Shape

Vessel in the Form of a Flute-Player Laying atop Rectangle Shape

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 11.8 × 15.9 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicsinorganic materialchimúArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianblackware (black basaltes)andeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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