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Moche

Portrait head bottle

Moche, 300

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Moche

Portrait head bottle

Moche, 300

Physical Qualities Earthenware, polychrome, 9 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (23 × 13 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. J. Lee Tailer
Object Number 1934.63.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1934; Mrs. J. Lee Tailer ??
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Myths of Ancient Peru," October 7, 1969 to November 30, 1969, Circulated to Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Forida; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia; and Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Myths of Ancient Peru," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1969, cat. no. 23.
H. Doering, "The Art of Old Peru." London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1924. Page 55.

Markings: spout broken

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