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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Artist: Unknown

Vessel with Supernatural Feline

A.D. 200–450

Ceramic with pigment

other: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) other: 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Winthrop Sargeant
1976.48.6
Geography: 
Made in Central Andes, Peru
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
Central Andes, South Coast, Nasca
Period: 
Early Intermediate Period
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 1976,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 36, no. 3 (Fall 1977): 55.

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