figuline

figuline

(ˈfɪɡjʊˌlaɪn)
adj
(Ceramics) of or resembling clay
n
(Ceramics) an article made of clay
[C17: from Latin figulīnus of a potter, from figulus a potter, from fingere to mould]
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The "Chinese" marks the boundary of the exotic which passes into kitsch through the baroque search for line and form, as in Severo Sarduy [see Maytreya, 1978], transforming into "figuline" or in stentorian tones through the projection of the figures in the chinas (3) of Martin Fierro.
Unfortunately, Palissy was a Huguenot and had been thrown in a Bordeaux jail in 1562, but was released by the Constable and granted the honorary title "inventeur des rustiques figulines du roi" and thereafter protected from further religious persecution.