Vessel with Running Figures

450–550 Overall: 29 x 15.6 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.172

Moche painters were masters at capturing the peak of physical activity. On this vessel are runners whose legs seem to churn so fast they ripple the desert groundline. Such runners, common in Moche art, always carry small bags, the contents open to question. But beans sometimes...

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