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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.601
Title
Proto-Elamite Statuette of a Monkey
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
c. 3000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Susa (Iran)
Period
Bronze Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288278

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gypsum
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
12.1 x 3.2 x 6.3 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Contoocook, NH, (by 1954-1986), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1986.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
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
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.601
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Re-View Exhibition, Spring 2008, gallery label information:

Statuette of a Monkey
Iranian, Proto-Elamite, c. 3000 BCE
Gypsum

Publication History

  • Ancient Art in American Private Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1954), no. 56, pl. 17.

Exhibition History

  • Ancient Art in American Private Collections, Fogg Art Museum, 12/28/1954 - 02/15/1955
  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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