Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel in the Form of a Ruler by Moche — VisualArtsDB

Portrait Vessel in the Form of a Ruler

Portrait Vessel in the Form of a Ruler

-100–500

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Tags

paintandeanvesselsearthenwarevesselceramicspeopleinorganic materialArts of the Americassouth americanmocheportraitsandescoating (material)ceramicpigmentart of the americas

More by Moche

Jar Depicting Mating Rats

Jar Depicting Mating Rats

Moche, -100

Handle Spout Vessel with Parrot Grasping Maize

Handle Spout Vessel with Parrot Grasping Maize

Moche, -100

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace

Moche, -100

Square Handle Spout Vessel with Image of a Man Attacked by a Bird

Square Handle Spout Vessel with Image of a Man Attacked by a Bird

Moche, -100

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Blind Man Holding a Cup

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Blind Man Holding a Cup

Moche, -100

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Geometric Motifs

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Geometric Motifs

Moche, -100

Vessel Depicting a Prisoner with Avian Captors

Vessel Depicting a Prisoner with Avian Captors

Moche, -100

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Composite Human Heads with Physical Deformaties

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of Composite Human Heads with Physical Deformaties

Moche, -100

Vessel with a Spout Modeled in the Form of Figure, Possibly Ai-Apec, Costumed as a Crab

Vessel with a Spout Modeled in the Form of Figure, Possibly Ai-Apec, Costumed as a Crab

Moche, -100

Stirrup Spout Vessel in Form of a Head, Possibly Ai-Apec

Stirrup Spout Vessel in Form of a Head, Possibly Ai-Apec

Moche, -100

Handle Spout Vessel with Relief Depicting a Standing Figure, Holding Farming Tools

Handle Spout Vessel with Relief Depicting a Standing Figure, Holding Farming Tools

Moche, -100

Portrait Vessel in Form of Seated Man, Possibly a Hunchback

Portrait Vessel in Form of Seated Man, Possibly a Hunchback

Moche, -100