A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Height: 16 inches

Height: 16 inches

For the price

Pilasters themselves have a numerous deign benefits

it has suffered knocks and scuffing to its base so there is paint flaking to the whole but overall it remains in fairly good decorative condition

the iron now wonderfully patinated

A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Height: 16 inchesOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 20 Width: 10 Depth: 7 (the base 6. 5) The relatively large hand painted ceramic figure of a chanting monk, clutching a book of hymns, standing in his robes, the whole polychrome painted, the skin to the head and hands painted to imitate ivory, his face with wonderful animated expression, the brown robes with green tracery borders and the whole on a rustic circular base