A Delft comical monkey jug and cover, mid 18th century, modelled as a monkey holding a fruit up to

A Delft comical monkey jug and cover, mid 18th century, modelled as a monkey holding a fruit up to its mouth and forming the spout, wearing a hat decorated in manganese, blue V over 3 mark, 19.7cm. (2)

The subject matter derives from enamelled wine ewers of the Kangxi period in China where the monkey holds an open peach, based on a 16th century story called The Journey to the West.