IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 140061 accession number: OC.163-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, mould made, coated in a turquoise glaze. Shape: squatting monkey, wearing a pointed helmet, pierced in the upper section, and holding its knees. A narrow spout protrudes from between the knees and a larger spout emerges from the upper back. Sits on a semi-oval plinth. Decoration: coated in a turquoise glaze. Features of the monkey are moulded in relief, including face, tail and hairs on the neck. Clothing is similarly moulded and comprises a ribbed helmet with nose guard and a tunic adorned with bands on the arms. Glaze runs over the plinth unevenly. object type: fritware coated in a turquoise glaze title: figurine NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bought from Garabed, Nov. 1934 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Oscar Raphael creditline: Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael, 1941, received 1946 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140061 TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, mould made, coated in a turquoise glaze moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1220 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1220 culture: 12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 20.2 dimension: Weight units: g value: 808 dimension: Width units: cm value: 13.3 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Treasures from the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- Islamic sculpture ceramic figurines The Enigmatic Figure: Ceramic Sculpture from Iran and Syria c. 1150-1250 ---