Red earthenware vessel with flared neck, side handles, and body painted with a dark diagonal crosshatch pattern against a dark background.

Vessel with Textile Pattern, Inca Period Ceramic

A red-slipped earthenware vessel with a flaring neck, a rounded body, and two small side handles. The body is painted with a dense dark crosshatched lattice resembling woven textile, and a small modeled knob sits at the shoulder below the rim.

Artist: Inca
Date: 1200–1450
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2007 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1450).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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