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Architectural Bowl
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Ceramic, Nasca artist
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Christian K. Kleinbub and Eric K. Kleinbub Gift 2022
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