Support Figure of a Seated Cleric or Friar, ca. 1280, Made in Reims(?), France, French, Copper alloy with mercury gilding, Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 11/16in. (6.7 x 3.4 x 4.3cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The pose of this statuette of a cleric of friar, echoing ancient figures of Atlas, and the indentation cast into its back tell us that it was originally intended as a support for a larger object. Like the carved pair of altar angels in The Cloister's collection
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Support Figure, Seated Cleric, Friar, ca, 1280, Reims, France, French, Copper alloy, mercury gilding, Overall, 2 5/8 x 1 5/16 11/16in, 6.7 3.4 4.3cm, Metalwork-Copper, pose, statuette, cleric, friar, echoing ancient, figures, Atlas, indentation cast, back tell, us, originally intended, support, larger object, carved pair, altar angels, Cloister, collection
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