Lot Essay
A very similar monkey group in the collection of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland is a promised gift to the Peabody Museum of Salem (see Sargent, The Copeland Collection, p. 261).
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A MONKEY GROUP
JAPANESE, 19TH CENTURY
A seated mother with her arms across the back of her infant as he climbs into her lap, both faces picked out in iron-red and peach with black eye details, their coats with gilt and peach fur markings (crazing, one foot with old repair)--5 7/8in. (15cm.) high
JAPANESE, 19TH CENTURY
A seated mother with her arms across the back of her infant as he climbs into her lap, both faces picked out in iron-red and peach with black eye details, their coats with gilt and peach fur markings (crazing, one foot with old repair)--5 7/8in. (15cm.) high