A PAIR OF MONKEYS WITH VASES

QIANLONG PERIOD

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A PAIR OF MONKEYS WITH VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD
The bright-eyed animals in tones of sepia, turned to us and grasping famille rose baluster vases, on a rocky base splashed in shades of pink and purple
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

with Cohen & Cohen, London

Lot Essay

A very similar single monkey in the Mottahedeh Collection was illustrated by Howard and Ayers, op. cit., p. 594, and sold Sotheby's New York 19 October 2000. Two other singles from the Copeland Collection are illustrated by W.R. Sargent, op. cit., p. 176-6, who cites a further single from the Ionides Collection; a pair from the Garbisch Collection was sold by Sotheby's at Pokety Farms, 22 May 1980, lot 277.

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