Terracotta Monkey in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Terracotta monkey

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Cypro-Archaic II

Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.1645

On View


Description:

Monkeys and bears appear with some frequency in Cypriot terracottas. The representations suggest that the artists may even have observed them firsthand. It is not clear what the animal here is holding.

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