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Olmec

Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads

800–400 BCE
Ceramic with kaolin slip and cinnabar
22.9 × 24.8 cm (9 × 9.8 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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