BRONZE MONKEY VASE
BRONZE MONKEY VASE
Western Asia, first half of the 2nd millennium B.C.
A tripod vase with a globular body and a truncated conical neck, featuring a biconical thumb-loop handle attached to the body. On the opposite side is a figurine of a seated monkey, its long tail hanging between its legs, its body leaning forward, and its left arm drawn up to its face.
Height: 27.5 cm
Provenance: Former private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, May 26, 2011: lot 179 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA742)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 26, 2016–June 19, 2016
Bibliography: Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, October 19, 2003, lot 61
Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, June 4, 2010, lot 61, p. 35
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, May 26, 2011, lot 179
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 10 and 89
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 75, fig. 84
A Western Asian bronze vase with a monkey,
First half of the 2nd millennium B.C.
BRONZE MONKEY VASE
Western Asia, first half of the 2nd millennium B.C.
A tripod vase with a globular body and a truncated conical neck, featuring a biconical thumb-loop handle attached to the body. On the opposite side is a figurine of a seated monkey, its long tail hanging between its legs, its body leaning forward, and its left arm drawn up to its face.
Height: 27.5 cm
Provenance: Former private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, May 26, 2011: lot 179 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA742)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 26, 2016–June 19, 2016
Bibliography: Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, October 19, 2003, lot 61
Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, June 4, 2010, lot 61, p. 35
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, May 26, 2011, lot 179
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 10 and 89
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 75, fig. 84
A Western Asian bronze vase with a monkey,
First half of the 2nd millennium B.C.
