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An image of Abess seated reading the divine office by Bow
Alternate image of Abess seated reading the divine office by Bow

Bow

(England 1744–1776)

Title
Abess seated reading the divine office
Year
circa 1760
Media category
Ceramic
Materials used
soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions

14.7 x 10.4 x 12.5 cm

Credit
On loan from Kenneth Reed
Accession number
L2012.90
Location
18th c European porcelain
Further information

Along with other English factories such as Chelsea, Derby, Longton Hall and Liverpool, Bow produced a number of figures of catholic monks and nuns based on prototypes modelled at Meissen by Kändler. The present figure of an abbess was issued with a companion of a novice holding a large holy book in both hands. The same figure could also be adapted as a monk.

Bibliography (1)

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection 2012, Sydney, 2012, 50 (colour illus.). cat.no. 54