8 février 2016
Monkey snuffbox, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca. 1730 - ca. 1733
Monkey snuffbox, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca. 1730 - ca. 1733, modeller: Johann Joachim Kändler (attributed to), porcelain, painting technique, h 48,0cm 24,5cm × W × D 31.5 cm wide. BK-17492. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Figure of painted porcelain. The figure presents a white monkey with brown head before sitting on a tree stump. With his right leg he takes a sniff of a white oval snuff box with open lid beaten, he is holding in his left foreleg.Around his waist monkey wearing a belt. The figure is not marked.
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