Lot Essay
Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms on 1 June 1992, lot 77 and 30 September 1991, lot 282. See also Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 225.
MEISSEN ANIMALS
A Meissen monkey-ewer and a cover
CIRCA 1740
Details
A Meissen monkey-ewer and a cover
Circa 1740
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the monkey with incised fur markings and brown face, hands and feet and grey muzzle, seated on its haunches, with two young, one bending backward to form the spout, the other forming the handle and holding a fruit, the top forming the cover, on an oval base enriched with gilding (the cover a restored replacement, one hand and one young monkey's tail lacking, chip to one ear of mother monkey and fruit)
7½in. (19cm.) high overall
Circa 1740
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the monkey with incised fur markings and brown face, hands and feet and grey muzzle, seated on its haunches, with two young, one bending backward to form the spout, the other forming the handle and holding a fruit, the top forming the cover, on an oval base enriched with gilding (the cover a restored replacement, one hand and one young monkey's tail lacking, chip to one ear of mother monkey and fruit)
7½in. (19cm.) high overall