Vessel with Marine Beings

Title	Vessel with Marine Beings
Artist	Nazca South coast, Peru
Date	50–500 CE
Medium	Ceramic and pigment
Classification	earthenware
Origin	Peruvian South Coast

Themes: Marine & aquatic life

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“Vessel with Marine Beings” is a work by Nazca South coast, Peru, dated 50–500 CE. It is executed in ceramic and pigment and classified as earthenware. In this archive it sits within the marine & aquatic life tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

This work is in the public domain. You may download the image and use it for any purpose — personal or commercial — without permission or payment. No attribution is legally required.

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