Ziek aapje, a grès sculpture modelled by Joseph Mendes da Costa 1900

Estimate

16,000 - 20,000 EUR

bidding is closed

Description

inscribed monogram and date
height 19, 5cm

modelled as a seated monkey, its eyes closed, mottled brown and greenish-blue salt glaze with details in cream

Literature

Cf. Kunstschrift no. 1, 1997, p. 38, fig. A for a version with eyes closed and fig. B for a version with eyes open (in the Kröller-Müller Museum), both dated circa 1900