Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th October 2022
Lot 341
A PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED AND PAINTED MONKEY WAITERS
Estimate £8,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £8000
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Description
A PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED AND PAINTED MONKEY WAITERS
VENETIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
each modelled perched on a pile of rocks, with his tail wrapped around a tree trunk and holding out a platter, wearing a painted and gilded Renaissance style costume (2)
144cm high (max)
Catalogue Note
For a similar single walnut figure, see Woolley and Wallis, Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks, 6th July 2021, lot 464.