Oriental Man
ca. 1840
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
Russian, Gorbunovo
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Accession Number
1982.60.148
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 19th-century Russian with *Oriental Man*, a delicate figurine produced by the Popov Manactory around 1840. Standing at 7 1/8 inches tall, this-paste porcelain piece captures an exoticized male figure, likely adorned with flowers, reflecting the era's fascination with Orientalism European decorative arts. Crafted in Gorbunovo, Russia, it hails from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art. -paste porcelain, fired at high temperatures for exceptional durability and translucency, was a prized technique pioneered in Europe and mastered ...