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Figure

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a monk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He stands reading a book in his left hand. Irregular and slightly mounded base with applied flowers and scrolls painted in purple.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a monk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure of a monk in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He stands reading a book in his left hand. Irregular and slightly mounded base with applied flowers and scrolls painted in purple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Object history
One of a pair with C.649a-1925.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Redstone, David. Bow Porcelain, Stoke-on-Trent : City Museum & Art Gallery, 1981 151
Collection
Accession number
C.649-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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