Figure

1930 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey stoneware figure of a monkey suckling its young with mottled glaze. Shape 20241.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware modelled with mottled glaze
Brief description
Figure of a monkey suckling its young, the original modelled by Knud Kyhn, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1930, stoneware
Physical description
Grey stoneware figure of a monkey suckling its young with mottled glaze. Shape 20241.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '20241' (Incised)
  • Three wavy lines and 'KK' (Painted in blue)
Gallery label
Figure 'of a monkey suckling its young' Knud Kyhn, made by Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (0riginal modelled ) 1930 Marks: '20241',incised three wavy lines and 'KK' painted in blue Stoneware C.16-139 Given by the maker(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
The original modelled by Knud Kyhn in 1930
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 40 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.16-1939

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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