Lot Essay
See the pair of monkeys with young on their backs in the Copeland Collection, Peabody Museum, Salem, illustrated by William R. Sargent, op.cit., pp. 174 and 175, no.81.
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AN EXPORT GROUP OF A MONKEY AND ITS YOUNG
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The adult with iron-red fur seated on a blue rockwork base beside a fruiting branch, with its body arched forward and face fixed in an intent gaze, arms raised to steady the young monkey, with grisaille fur, on its shoulder
10½in. (26.5cm.) high
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The adult with iron-red fur seated on a blue rockwork base beside a fruiting branch, with its body arched forward and face fixed in an intent gaze, arms raised to steady the young monkey, with grisaille fur, on its shoulder
10½in. (26.5cm.) high