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Figure of a Monk
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
1753–58
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
13.97 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.290
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFigure of tonsured monk wearing sandals and seated on chest reading a book, "Omnia Vanitas" on open page. Tinted complexion, and book and hair colored.
Marks
Red anchor
ProvenanceBy 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930).