Cleveland Museum of Art

Monkey Figure

Ingeborg Plockross-Iminger

Date

c. 1850–1900

Medium

porcelain, silver-gilt

Culture

Sweden, 19th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This figure featuring three monkeys was designed by the Danish ceramicist Ingeborg Plockross-Iminger. The figure is displayed with a French silver mount that references Japonisme and Art Nouveau styles that were popular at the end of the 1800s and experienced a resurgence in the 1920s because of increased importation of Japanese goods to the West. This ceramic figure usually stands alone, without a silver mounting.

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