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Costumed Monkey Holding a Peach19th century

Not on view
Glazed ceramic sculpture of a seated monkey holding a chestnut-brown fruit to its face, covered in pale off-white glaze with incised fur texture
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Costumed Monkey Holding a Peach
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with biscuit reserve, iron glaze and underglaze blue
Dimensions
5 5/8 x 6 x 3 1/2 in. (14.2 x 15.4 x 9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.17
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.