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Miniature Jar100 BCE–200 CE

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Small ceramic cup with rust-red slip, decorated with an allover pattern of spotted bird figures in cream-white and dark brown, separated by horizontal dark bands
Title
Miniature Jar
Culture
Nasca
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
100 BCE–200 CE
Period
Early Period
Medium
Ceramic, hand built, slip decorated, burnished and fired
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (9.53 x 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.27
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas