DELFT
Pitcher in the shape of a monkey sitting on a yellow base decorated with scrolls, holding a drinking jug forming a spout and wearing a headdress, the tail forming the handle, polychrome decoration.
18th century.
(Chipped hat and handle stuck back).
Height : 17 cm
For a similar model kept in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, see C. Lahaussois, Faïences de Delft,
Paris, 1994, cat. 189.
