Proto-Elamite Statuette of a Monkey, c. 3000 BC
Sculpture
, Statuette
Iranian
, 4th millennium BC
Creation Place:
Susa (Iran)
Gypsum
12.1 x 3.2 x 6.3 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch in honor of Eric Schroeder and George M.A. Hanfmann
, 1986.601
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
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Commentary
Re-View Exhibition, Spring 2008, gallery label information:
Statuette of a Monkey
Iranian, Proto-Elamite, c. 3000 BC
Gypsum
Statuette of a Monkey
Iranian, Proto-Elamite, c. 3000 BC
Gypsum
Bibliography
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1954), no. 56, pl. 17.
Exhibition History
Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011