Vessel with Portrait of Dignitary
Place made:Peru
General region:South America
Culture: Moche
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 300
Medium: Earthenware with slip
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Object number: 77.1110
Label Text
Highly realistic portraiture is characteristic of Mochica pottery. Potters also produced vessels representing animals and plants, erotica, and scenes showing military campaigns. (Marion Oettinger, 1998)
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