DepartmentEurope

Hunter and Dog

NameFigure

Dateca. 1960, staff

Place madeKirov, Russia, Russia, Europe

MediumCeramic, Tempera Paint, Gold Leaf

Dimensions3 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 3 9/16 in. (9 × 9.2 × 9.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.226.

Object numberA.1980.57.226

DescriptionHand-built, slip-coated with chalk substance, painted with tempera paint. Seated male with orange coat, blue trousers and wide brim hat. Black boots. Dark green tree, black and white dog. Two red mushrooms and two yellow birds with orange wings are on the green base. The hunter sits on a brown stump and smokes on a pipe. Gold foil is on the tree behind the hunter.