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Miniature Jar100 BCE–200 CE

Not on view
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

Unknown, Miniature Jar, 100 BCE–200 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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