noun
- Pottery or earthenware vessels, especially those made of clay and decorated with figures or designs; figurative pottery.
Usage: plural form; archaic or specialized; often used in archaeological or art historical contexts
Examples
- The museum's collection includes Roman figulines from the second century.
- Archaeologists discovered figulines depicting scenes of daily life in the ancient settlement.
- The figulines were carefully restored to reveal their original painted surfaces.
- These figulines represent some of the finest examples of Etruscan craftsmanship.