Tag archives: Les Deux Magots
Earthquake Predictor as Status Symbol – Nodding Porcelain Chinoiserie
A plump grotesque porcelain figure in the Asian style – the head nods, the hands bob up and down, and the tongue lolls in the smiling mouth – this is a magot, which is a late 17th century term for such seated ‘oriental’ figures. Many of these figures were said to be modeled after the […]
