DepartmentEurope

Woman with Child

NameFigure

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeRUSSIA, U.S.S.R., Russia, Europe

MediumCeramic, Tempera Paint

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/16 in. (8.3 x 9.9 x 5.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.248.

Object numberA.1980.57.248

DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a woman holding a child. It is slip-coated with a white chalk substance and painted with tempera paint. She wears a pink ruffled high hat, orange blouse, ruffled apron and bell-shaped skirt with circle and ring motifs in multicolor, and she holds a child in her arms. The figure is decorated with gold leaf decorations.