Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design

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Miniature vase with incised butterfly design,

147–1400 CE

Marajoara
1995-400

Information

Title
Miniature vase with incised butterfly design
Dates

147–1400 CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 6.1 cm., diam. 6.9 cm. (2 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Victoria Chan-Palay
Object Number
1995-400
Place Made

South America, Brazil

Period
Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods
Type
vases, ceramics, incising
Materials
ceramic
Subject
butterflies

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