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Jar with flying figure (the Oculate Being)
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Ceramic post-fire paint, Paracas
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Nathan Cummings 1974
Title: Jar with flying figure (the Oculate Being)
Description:
Ceramic post-fire paint, Paracas.
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