Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads

olmecmesoamericanPre-Columbianamericasearthenwareart of the americas

Date

800–400 BCE

Medium

Earthenware with kaolin slip and cinnabar

Dimensions

22.9 × 24.8 cm (9 × 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

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