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Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Feline Sitting on the Back of a Bird

180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic
14.3 × 16.6 cm (5.6 × 6.5 in)

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

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