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PRE-HISPANIC MASTERPIECES

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Aryballos painted with large, beaked animals
Aryballos painted with large, beaked animals
Chancay, Peru
Ceramic
900 - 1200 AD
H: 17 inches (43 cm)
 

Kneeling female figure

Kneeling female figure
Jalisco, Mexico
Pottery with yellow, russet, and black surfaces
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 13.25 inches (33.7 cm), W: 10.8 inches (27 cm)
         
Seated female with arms across knees
Seated female with arms across knees
Nayarit, Chinesco style, Mexico
Pottery, white pigment
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 15 inches (38 cm), W: 8.5 inches (21.6 cm)
 

Effigy vessel

Effigy vessel, probably depicting shamanic transformation
Jalisco, Mexico
Ceramic with creamy buff slip
100 - 250 AD
H: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
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