Playful Monkeys

Fürstenberg Porcelain Companyc.1760

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

A German scent bottle amusingly modelled to show two monkeys clambering out of a Rococo scrollwork vase. Their heads are forming the stoppers and their fur is delineated in brown. The vase has coloured flower sprigs and a basket of fruit edged in gilding, and gold mounts.

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Title: Playful Monkeys
Creator: Fürstenberg Porcelain Company
Date Created: c.1760
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 8.3 x 5 cm (3 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding; gold mounts

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