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Miniature Spout Vessel in the Form of a Fish with a Rope-shaped Handle by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Miniature Spout Vessel in the Form of a Fish with a Rope-shaped Handle

Miniature Spout Vessel in the Form of a Fish with a Rope-shaped Handle

1000–1400

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 9.1 × 8.7 cm (3 9/16 × 3 7/16 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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