Inv. n°: MMoCA742

Wester Asia Copper Tripod Vase with a Figure of a Monkey

Couching monkey on shoulder of vase in lieu of spout. Shading its left eye with its left arm, the monkey pinches its nose.

h. 27.5 cm

Early 2nd millennium BC

Copper

Provenance

  • Ex private european collection, 1970s
  • Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient sale, lot 61
  • Acquried at Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient sale, Paris, 26th May 2011, lot 179

Publications

  • Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient, 4th June 2010, lot 61, p.35
  • Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archéologie, 26th May 2011, lot 179, p. 81
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 10 and 89
  • C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 75, fig. 84

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 26th February 2016 — 19th June 2016

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