Lot Essay
Compare the example from the Irwin Untermyer Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum accession no. 64.101.200.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Details
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled seated, a chain about its waist, the spout formed as a baby monkey in its mother's arms, the handle formed as another baby monkey on her back eating an apple
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled seated, a chain about its waist, the spout formed as a baby monkey in its mother's arms, the handle formed as another baby monkey on her back eating an apple
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
With the Antique Porcelain Company, New York, 1963.