EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA MOTHER AND BABY MONKEY FLASK
EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a seated mother ape holding a baby, each with legs drawn up, wearing collar and with circular aperture on crown of head, fur rendered by multiple black dots, repaired, mounted
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 90; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 61.

As with other similar vessels this probably contained perfumed oil or possibly kohl.

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