DepartmentEurope

Rider and Goat

NameFigure

Dateca. 1960, staff

Place madeKirov, Russia, Russia, Europe

Mediumceramic, tempera paint, gold leaf

Dimensionsoverall: 10.9 CM H X 6.2 CM W X 8.8 CM D

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.197.

Object numberA.1980.57.197

DescriptionHand-built ceramic sculpture of a rider on a goat. It is slip-coated with a chalk substance and painted with tempera paint. The male figure wears a yellow shirt and brown trousers with black boots, and wears a red hat with green buttons. He rides on the back of a white goat with green horns and green circles decorating its body. There are also small red dots and the goar has orange garters. Small bits of gold leaf are seen on the horns and on the man's shoulders.