Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 91.
Animals, 1996, III, no. 91.
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EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA EMBRACING MONKEY FLASK
EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of two seated apes, each with their legs drawn up and an arm around each other, wearing collars, an aperture in the crown of the head, with black painted details and fur rendered with multiple dots
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) high
EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of two seated apes, each with their legs drawn up and an arm around each other, wearing collars, an aperture in the crown of the head, with black painted details and fur rendered with multiple dots
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 21 November 1985, lot 32.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium