Fine-grained material to which figuline is the related adjective (4)

I believe the answer is:

clay

(Other definitions for clay that I've seen before include "Wet, fine-grained earth" , "Soil for moulding" , "Brick/pottery material" , "Basis of pottery" , "Pigeon target" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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