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Seated monkey with snuffbox
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
19th century
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
48.2 x 19 x 22.5 cm (19 x 7 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number58.1190
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CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBlack body with tawny head and chest, brown tail, holds gold-lined oval snuff box in right hand, taking snuff with left. White-edged lavender belt. On lavender stump with shades of green.
Marks
AR mark of Augustus Rex in blue on bottom.
Provenance1958, A. R. Ball, New York; sold by Ball to the MFA for $15,000.00 (Accession Date: December 11, 1958)