Antique Monkey Art

Chinese bronze figure of a Monkey, 17th Century, Ming Dynasty. The amusing study, cast as a seated monkey, about to devour a peach, held in his right hand. His hair well delineated, ...

A good, clear later 16th century Meder “l” impression, showing strong contrasts throughout, printed after the appearance of the dot in the clouds upper center.  Catalog: Bartsch 42;...

In the painting a young man and a child are seen at the barn door watching a monkey conducting a chorus of cats, while an owl and a magpie are cheering them on.

From a Tucson, Arizona collector, his lifetime collection of 16 outstanding early 20th century Guatemalan 'mico' and 'monkey' masks, used in the 'Costeño' and 'Baile de los Animales'...

Antique Chinese cameo agate snuff bottle, rounded square from with raised foot rim and round neck, concave mouth rim, narrow mouth, well hollowed depicting a horse, bee and a monkey ...

Pair of beautifully hand-colored original 18th century engravings of the "Barbary Ape" and the "Full Bottom Monkey". Image sizes: 7.25 x 4.75 inches External Mat size: 10.5 x 8.25 i...

A Japanese sculpture okimono finely carved representing a group of monkeys trying to escape from an octopus beneath them. Very unusual piece because of the boxwood size. Monkeys and ...

From our collection of antique Japanese metalware, this fascinating Meiji-era (1868-1912) large, Bronze clock in the form of a troop of playful monkeys clambering around a Persimmon ...

A small and interesting okimono bronze figure of a monkey wearing a kimono. Unsigned but a well-executed and delightfully detailed piece. Pretty flower and petal detail on the arms a...

A small and interesting Okimono bronze figure of a monkey wearing a Kimono. Unsigned but a well-executed and delightfully detailed piece. Pretty flower and petal detail on the arms a...

Whimsical Indian carved wood and polychromed monkey sitting on a red oval carpet with white dotted border eating a mango.

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Extremely well carved Art Nouveau plaque depicting a monkey. The Art Nouveau period flourished in Belgium with artist and architects taking their cues to create whimsical designs in...

Seated holding a piece of fruit. On a square marble base. Measures: Height of sculpture 3.75" Height of base 2.25" Sybille May was an English sculptor working in France d...

A rare work of the famous Austrian sculptor Bruno Zach

This is a very unique, rare, monkey fur capecoat from the 1920's. Monkey fur was all the rage around 1900-1930's and a bit 1940's.Populaized by such screen stars as Marlene Dietrich....

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat. Green and white stoneware sculpture representing a female monkey. Impressed with the circular seal "Les grands feux de Dalpayrat."

Art Nouveau silver cigar box, engraved with monkeys and acanthus leaves motives.

A highly unusual three legged vase wonderful shape and covered with amazing and fun decoration full of details, with monkeys, flaming urn lamps, roosters and female masks. In except...

A fine and strikingly vibrant Prattware pottery bear jug symbolically and satirically commemorating Napoleons defeat by the Russians. News of Napoleons retreat from Moscow with the...

Vintage 1920s Jennings Brothers Bookends Art Deco Bronze Monkey Motif - the Pair - from a Palm Beach estate.

Nepalese temple festival mask of Hanuman the Monkey God A superb very old temple/festival mask of Hanuman the monkey god The smiling monkey god with protruding snout large ears curli...

Entitled His Eminence's Monkey, the painting captures a humorous scene of a cardinal's favored pet climbing a chandelier in the midst of a sumptuous dinner party.

Early 20th century Folk Art leather monkey form We are proud to offer a wonderfully tactile early 20th century wooden form of a monkey covered in aged leather.

A naive and captivating portrait of a sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) on board. Housed in a period maple frame with gold slip. Circa 1920, English in origin. Some very minor areas...

19th Century English School The Monkey Court Oil on panel, Image Size: 7.5 inches x 11 inches Size including frame: 13.5 inches x 16.5 inches Paintings of monkeys date back t...

This is a very old Japanese stone carved monkey. This piece dates from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). Stone carved monkeys are very rare. It is characterized by its comical and...

Early 20th century puppet head A very cool and unique handmade puppet head in the form of a monkey. Papier mâché and wood form with hand painted detail. The jaw in articulated with a...

Vintage circus painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1920. Signed lower right. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 23"L x 13"H, overall 31"L x 21"H.

An endearing tribute to our primate relations, this exceptional limestone sculpture of a baby monkey sensitively captures the universal appeal of infants. Keenly observing the charac...

Very fine sroll painting depicting Monkey. Signed. Painted on paper canvass with ink. Size：192/40.5cm ( 75.5/15.9inch ), painting only is 131/30cm ( 51.5 / 11.8inch ) 　230gr (0.5l...

The tripod shape of this finely crafted bronze incense burner is a classical form first appearing in Chinese ceramics and bronzes thousands of years ago. The bronze casting of this b...

This is a rare toy that I have never seen before. It is hand-painted and in completely all original excellent condition. There is no repaint and no restoration. The operation is very...

A Meiji period bronze group of a monkey trainer by Seiya Seated on a tree stump with his monkey climbing through a hoop on the end of a pole signed in a seal Dai-Nihon Genryusai Sei...

Fantastic carnival midway monkey or gorilla target. Perfect original multi-color park paint.

THIS RED & WHITE QUILT LOOKS LIKE PEPPERMINT STICK CANDY. IT HAS A GREAT SOFT LOOK AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS QUILT IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Oil on canvas. Good quality both the flower and the animal. The monkey, often depicted as a symbolic representation of human's animal impulses, in this case seems not to have this ki...

This mechanical monkey is an original vintage toy. Vintage mechanical toy representing a climbing dressed monkey. It was made in tin in Germany in 1930s. Marked as "Marke Pa...

Handcrafted sculpture out of ceramics, representing an ape.

Pair of antique Japanese bronze monkey motif candlesticks.

Historically significant set of six 18th century copper plate engravings of monkey species. Engraved by H.I. Tyroff in 1775 from the book Animal Illustrations After Nature by German ...

Historically significant set of six 18th century copper plate engravings of monkey species. Engraved by H.I. Tyroff in 1775 from the book Animal Illustrations After Nature by German ...

Chinese wooden monkey with gilded gold. Age: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century Size: height 33.5 cm / width 8.3 cm / thickness 10.8 cm. Size including stand: height 40 cm. Condition...

Early 1900’s Musicians prop money collection monkey Wearing an adorable velvet bell boy style suit & hat. By repute the top hat once used to collect change for a travelling musician...

Edmond Louis Maire (French, 1862-1914) A Monkey Still Life Painting with Fruits and Flowers, 1904 Oil on canvas Signed Lower Right Edmond Maire and dated 1904. The artists' artist...

'Semnopitheque a croupion - Semnopithecus Leucoprymnus, Otto' (Langur) French engraving with original hand-colourimg, circa 1840.

Antique French / Meiji Japanese inkwell featuring the finely carved figure of female and infant monkeys and well crafted from ceramic with glazed finish.

Ink on paper, signature and seal read RYO.

Set of six early 19th Century hand-coloured copperplate engravings of Jacob's Monkeys. These wonderful naturalist illustrations were made around 1812 by J.H. Jacob. Framed in hand-...

A pair of exotic late 18th/ early 19th C carved monkeys in exotic wood with very expressive faces and stances and well-defined stylized ears and digits.

Folk Art carved wood statue sculpture of a monkey holding a banana in its tail, illegibly signed to underside.

Displaying remarkable ingenuity and craftsmanship, these monkeys are a clear testament to their maker's incredible skill and talent.

Boxwood netsuke, depicting a group of five monkeys, with the largest, surrounded by cubs, feeding on a peach. The netsuke is signed Masanao, within an oval reserve under the base. ...

Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...

This beautiful British Art Deco 1930's water colour and ink painting on paper is by well respected artist Averil Mary Burleigh. Painted circa 1935 the composition is of three female ...

Elyse Ashe Lord (1900-1971), Couple Under a Tree, c. 1930, color etching, soft ground, drypoint; signed lower right in pencil and numbered by the artist lower left. In very good cond...

Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...

Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...

Pioneering English Female Illustrator Helen Stratton masterfully renders in pen and ink a scene from "The Little Mermaid" in George Newnes's 1899 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans ...

Annie French was part of the Glasgow Girls group of artists and illustrators who worked in a delicate, feminine, and detailed Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite style. This work, "Flora,...

Scottish female illustrator Annie French renders a charming cropped portrait of a bride in an Art Nouveau / Aubrey Beardsley style with curved theme borders. The piece is unsigned an...

The Kelpie of Snooziepool - William Heath Robinson illustrated this whimsical fantasy work featuring a semi-nude beauty in a pool of water with children. Based on the Metropolitan ...

Women illustrators were alive, well, and quite active in the early 20th century. Most of their production was associated with topics that dealt with the home, children or fairy tale...

The paper in some of these photos looks overly textured due to the sharpness of the high-res digital camera. In person, with the human eye, the paper looks reasonably smooth with ou...

Children Amongst Foxgloves - Female Illustrator of The Golden Age by a female illustrator of The Golden Age Watercolor on paper, signed 'A. Bowerley' lower left. 11 x 20 in. (sight)...