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Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Feline Sitting on the Back of a Bird by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Feline Sitting on the Back of a Bird

Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Feline Sitting on the Back of a Bird

-180–500

Medium: Earthenware and slip
Dimensions: 18.9 × 14.3 × 16.6 cm (7 7/16 × 5 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: earthenware
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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