拍品 12
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AN EAST GREEK TERRACOTTA SEATED APE
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AN EAST GREEK TERRACOTTA SEATED APE

CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EAST GREEK TERRACOTTA SEATED APE
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
Depicted with right paw held to its nose, with incised facial details and remains of red painted decoration, fragmentary
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 89 (front cover); and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 60.

This little terracotta monkey, holding its head in its hand, was bought by Leo because it reminded him of how he felt in the war-time Siberian gulag. Leo named the monkey "Oy vay", as it looked as though it was saying "Oh, woe is me!".