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Feline Vessel
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About this work
This darkware vessel is early Moche and demonstrates the transition from earlier North Coast cultures, which used smudge firing and post-fire pigmentation, to Moche times, which saw the adoption of new, higher-oxygen firing technologies and the use of slips applied before firing.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFeline Vessel, 200–850 CE. Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people. Ceramic; overall: 17 x 14 x 19.8 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2010.4
