Woman with Baby

NameFigure

DateCA 1960, STAFF

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

MediumCeramic, Tempera Paint, Gold Leaf

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (18.8 x 10 x 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.203.

Object numberA.1980.57.203

DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a woman holding a baby. It is slip-coated with a chalk substance and painted with tempera paint. The baby is in an orange, gold-trimmed wrap. The woman wears an orange bonnet, green blouse, a white frilled apron, and a white skirt with large, round green and pink flowers and orange dots.