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UNIDENTIFIED ETHNOGRAPHIC FIGURE

Creator(s): Pavel Pavlovich Kamenskii (Sculptor) , Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Icon Room


About this object

Glazed white, no natural color, a man standing full front, arms at sides, wearing a belted reindeer skin coat with a hood, head bare, knife and tobacco pouch attached to belt, leggings on bow legs, low boots; round base with irregular edge. The man is a Chukcha from Siberia, the Northeast extremity of Asia.

Object name:
UNIDENTIFIED ETHNOGRAPHIC FIGURE
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1907-1917
Size:
20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.507
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK under: Chukcha impressed under glaze, number 2 with a line under it impressed
Credit line:
Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968