Monkey Figure
Ingeborg Plockross-Iminger (Danish, 1872–1962)
c. 1850–1900
Medium
porcelain, silver-gilt
Dimensions
20 × 46.6 × 21 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2009.109.a
Tags
femalegender unknown
About this artwork
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.