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An Egyptian limestone figure of a vervet monkey playing a harp
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An Egyptian limestone figure of a vervet monkey playing a harp New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1292 B.C. 5.9cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-136 (HP 23)), possibly listed on a loan agreement from 1985. Published: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.41, no. R-136. For another, see A. Wiese, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig die Ägyptische Abteilung, Mainz, 2001, p. 124, no. 83, which has the monkey's infant clinging to her back. Wiese notes that similar motifs can be found on Ramesside ostraca, and suggests that they are probably characters from animal fables that are not known to us because their tales were only passed down orally. See also two small limestone statuettes depicting monkeys eating fruit and grooming, in R. Freed, Y.J. Markowitz, S.H. D'Auria (eds), Pharaohs of the Sun, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, p. 256, nos 176-177; Markowitz suggests that these playful, diminutive figures depicting monkeys imitating human behaviour may have been toys, and were a popular novelty household item in the Amarna period. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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An Egyptian limestone figure of a vervet monkey playing a harp New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1292 B.C. 5.9cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-136 (HP 23)), possibly listed on a loan agreement from 1985. Published: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.41, no. R-136. For another, see A. Wiese, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig die Ägyptische Abteilung, Mainz, 2001, p. 124, no. 83, which has the monkey's infant clinging to her back. Wiese notes that similar motifs can be found on Ramesside ostraca, and suggests that they are probably characters from animal fables that are not known to us because their tales were only passed down orally. See also two small limestone statuettes depicting monkeys eating fruit and grooming, in R. Freed, Y.J. Markowitz, S.H. D'Auria (eds), Pharaohs of the Sun, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, p. 256, nos 176-177; Markowitz suggests that these playful, diminutive figures depicting monkeys imitating human behaviour may have been toys, and were a popular novelty household item in the Amarna period. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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