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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

15th century-16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a monkey, grey stoneware, covered with a brown glaze; long and sinuous; squatting on a low base, holding a fruit to its mouth in its left paw.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with brown glaze
Brief description
Stoneware figure of a monkey with brown glaze, Thailand, 15th-16th century
Physical description
Figure of a monkey, grey stoneware, covered with a brown glaze; long and sinuous; squatting on a low base, holding a fruit to its mouth in its left paw.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
From register: 3 1/2 in.
Gallery label
Monkey Stoneware with brown glaze THAI (Sawankhalok); 15th - 16th century C. 259 - 1938 (RK. 1988)(1988)
Production
From register
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Le May, Reginald.The Ceramic wares of North Central Siam. The Burlington Magazine. October 1933, vol. LXIII p. 156.
  • Le May, Reginald.The Ceramic wares of North Central Siam. The Burlington Magazine. November 1933, vol. LXIII, p. 203.
Collection
Accession number
C.259-1938

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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