A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the sitter wearing a black

the sitter wearing a black overcoat and white shirt

(primarily because the signature proves hard to read)

The firm identification with a continental head of state makes this decorative hatchment a desirable and relatively important piece of regal historic interest

Pilasters themselves have a numerous deign benefits

Height: 44 inches (extended)

A 19thC Italian Painted Ceramic Figure of a Chanting Monk sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the sitter wearing a blackOrigin: 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