A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Art & Sculpture the whole on a dark

the whole on a dark townscape background surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth century

It remains very original with no replacement parts

received a patent on February 13

being provided with braided cable

Moving towards the outer part of the rug

A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Art & Sculpture the whole on a darkOrigin: 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