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The Winter Leaf - Woodcut Diptych by Kunikazu Utagawa - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Enzaburo as monkey leader Yojiro and brother of Oshun. Last scene of the play Sarumawashi kadode no
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1850s Modern Antique Monkeys

Materials

Woodcut

Jewelry Box Covered with Blue Moroccan Leather Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
monkeys playing a musical instrument. The whole is inscribed in an architectural decoration with columns
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood, Leather

19th Century Painting, ‘Animal Scene’ by William Hunt
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century oil on canvas animal scene of a resting dog alongside a monkey grasping a bone. Housed
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1860s Irish Antique Monkeys

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Thai Buddhist Votive Plaque
Located in Point Richmond, CA
with a loyal monkey and an elephant bestowing gifts at his feet, below which are decorative elements as
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15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Antique Monkeys

Materials

Lead, Tin

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Greyhound / Whippet by Irénée Rochard
By Irénée Rochard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
personality and gentleness. Creation of horses, monkeys, gazelles, elephants, panthers, ducks, bisons
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Monkeys

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

The temptation of St Anthony. Oil on canvas. 17th c., after David Teniers II
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Madrid, ES
at the time for his scenes of villagers and common people, his paintings of monkey painters, etc
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Monkeys

Materials

Other

Hand Carved Tribal Wooden Nepalese Beaker Milk Pot with Handle
By Kuba
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
stylized monkey sits on the side and forms its handle. The pot would have been used to hold milk, yogurt or
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Early 20th Century Nepalese Folk Art Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood

French Early 19th Century Large Impressive Gilt Wooden Directoire, Daybed
Located in Delft, NL
man with a monkey. With padded rectangular cushion with a fantastic patterend silk fabric in various
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Early 19th Century French Antique Monkeys

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Aesthetic Movement Cast Fire Inserts with Mintons Aesop s Fables Tiles
By Thomas Jeckyll, Minton, John Moyr Smith
Located in London, GB
. (The Monkey and the Cat). The Goat, Calf and Sheep in partnership with the Lion.   
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1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Monkeys

Materials

Iron

Commode French 19th Century of Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
monkey and richly foliate and floral designs. The front door are decorated with outstanding berries
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Monkeys

Materials

Stone, Bronze, Ormolu

Print of Convent of the Buddhist Monks Named Talapoins, Siam Thailand , ca.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
lord"; originally jocular, from the appearance of the monkey. This plate shows a convent of the
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1730s Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper

Fleurs et Papillons - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
the River Seine, and Dufy himself painted additional decorative compositions for the monkey-house in
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1920s Fauvist Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
painting, Orpheus is accompanied by a small monkey playing a viola da gamba. This is an iconographic
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17th Century Baroque Antique Monkeys

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Ormolu and Marble Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
monkey and richly foliate and floral designs. The central drawer is decorated with outstanding berries
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Monkeys

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Antique Necklace Egyptian Revival 7 Scarab Beetles Gilt Silver / 42cm / 11.5gr
Located in SE
Beetles, monkey teeth, tiger claws, and hummingbirds which were collected all over the world and set in
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Early 1900s European Egyptian Revival Antique Monkeys

Materials

Gold-filled, Silver

“Double Portrait”
Located in Southampton, NY
, with drawings of monkeys engraved by another deaf artist. John Carlin was active in the deaf
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1860s Academic Antique Monkeys

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peru Inca 1200 AD Lambayeque Pre-Columbian Blackware Ceramic Vase with Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
, monkeys and the face of the warrior king lord Naylamp. Naylamp, Naymlap or Nanlap is a mythological
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Monkeys

Materials

Earthenware

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, extended to pastoral and mythological subjects, harlequins and the famous ‘Monkey Band’, and were imbued
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Monkeys

Materials

Porcelain

Self-portrait
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
, is dressed in his work coat and wearing a cap. His pockets swarm of small animals: monkeys, dogs
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1840s French School Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Pleyel Grand Piano Hand-Painted Berainesque Style Cabriole Leg Signed G. Meunier
Located in Leeds, GB
and crested composers names also adorn the cabinet. Berain's Singerie (monkeys) feature here and are
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Late 19th Century French Antique Monkeys

Materials

Walnut, Paint

Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
vanity cases with cute animals like cats and monkeys that are regularly sold on the better auctions and
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Antique Monkeys

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Bear Dentist
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
animals: monkeys, dogs, spaniels ... In the years that followed, Fratin difficulty in obtaining public
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Hand-coloured set of Buffon’s Histoire naturelle in its most luxurious form
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
, the monkey is a degenerated man, the ass a degenerated horse. His interest in the precise connection
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Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paint, Paper

Double-Sided Carved Wooden Blawong Board from Java, circa 1920s-1950s
Located in London, GB
the air, monkeys in the trees and four legged animals on the ground. The reverse side is open to
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Elephants, Irénée Rochard
By Irénée Rochard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
his animals, to bring out their personality and gentleness. Creation of horses, monkeys, gazelles
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Monkeys

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Il Gazzettiere Americano - Ancient Illustrated Book on the Americas - 1763
Located in Roma, IT
Brazil appears in the first volume, featuring engraving of a toucan and a monkey. Very good conditions.
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1760s Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper, Etching

Chinoiserie Toile Hangings Curtains French Blue White Rococo
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
birds, carp, monkeys, hunting dogs, rabbits, butterflies, pavilions, and exotic plants. Reference
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1750s French Rococo Antique Monkeys

Materials

Cotton

18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
. Characters include: Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Monkeys

Materials

Gesso, Poplar

Extremely Rare Italian Rococo “Lacca Comodino”, 17th-18th Century, Venice
Located in Vero Beach, FL
, adorn the front and sides of this Comodino. Cartouches enclosing monkeys, exotic birds and cherubs. The
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1690s Italian Rococo Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood

Antique carved hardwood circular side table with rosewood top, Myanmar
Located in London, GB
, depicting monkeys, elephants and birds, surrounded by foliage, hills and Myanmar architecture. This band of
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19th Century Burmese Antique Monkeys

Materials

Hardwood, Rosewood

Trotting Horses Harnessed To A Lightweight Four Wheel Cart Trap Framed Original
By Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, R.B.A.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
, two monkeys and thirteen dogs! Aldin went on to hunt with his own pack of harrier beagles and for
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Antique Map of Asia with Northern Portion of Australia “Hollandia Nova", 1727
Located in Langweer, NL
embellished by a vivacious scene of native Asian figures and a camel, parrots and a monkey as part of the
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18th Century Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper

Japanese Mark - Original Etching bu H. C. Guérard - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
which dedicated to the animal world: dogs, monkeys, cats, and even flies. His greatest passion were
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1870s Modern Antique Monkeys

Materials

Etching

Mid 19th Century Oil Painting Dogs by Joseph Stevens
By Joseph Stevens
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This
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1850s Belgian Beaux Arts Antique Monkeys

Materials

Gesso, Oak, Pine, Paint

Pair of Italian Faience Covered Vases of Baluster Form with Charming Scenes
Located in Palm Desert, CA
assistant and a monkey adorn the first one and a couple of musicians the other, their gaily colored costumes
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19th Century Italian Antique Monkeys

Materials

Faience

"Nova Barbariae Descriptio", a 17th Century Hand-Colored Map of North Africa
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Alamo, CA
embellished by many African land animals, including elephants, lions, monkeys, ostriches, camels, goats, a
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper

Distressed Antique Persian Tabriz Runner with Swedish Farmhouse Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
peaceful mindfulness for the busy monkey mind. Pure simplicity meets daintily rendered elements in a
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Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wool

A Whimsical Animalistic Bronze
Located in Hudson, NY
show he has nothing to hide. The monkey looking much like rouge is tensely trying to hide the ace of
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19th Century French Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Venetian 18th-19th Century Rococo Dragon and Bird Mirrors and Consoles
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
, shells, and cascades, and often grotesque figures of monkeys, birds and human beings. The style
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood

Meissen Shepherds Figurines Allegory the Hearing by Carl C. Punct Made
By Carl Christoph Punct
Located in Vienna, AT
holds a bagpipe by which a goat is making music ° finally, a little monkey sits on ground - in front of
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1870s German Rococo Antique Monkeys

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
and at the top, a monkey representing lust and mischief. In between, a woman holding a chain and a cup
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16th Century French Renaissance Antique Monkeys

Materials

Walnut

Antique Louis XVI French Demilune Marquetry Chest of Drawers Stamped Tondeur
Located in Firenze, IT
, surrounded by a picturesque avenue of cypress and a monkey in the foreground picking up cocoa fruits from a
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Antique Print with Various Creatures from A Travel Account, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
creatures (parakeet, sea cow, monkeys), a small map of Papo’s Bay at Tary (Cayenne?), birds eating fish at
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1740s Antique Monkeys

Materials

Paper

Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
compressed globular body encircled by eight mystical beasts of monkeys, Rabbits, deer, lions, dogs and cats
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Monkeys

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Pottery

"Moche Owl Pot, " Animalic Ceramic Vessel created in Pre-Columbian Peru
Located in Milwaukee, WI
camelids, deer, felines, foxes, rodents, monkeys, bats, sea lions, as well as a wide array of birds, fish
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Monkeys

Materials

Ceramic

Exceptional French Art Deco Chandelier by Charles Schneider
By Charles Schneider
Located in Dallas, TX
‘Monkey faces’ in a FANTASTIC optical Illusion. Charles Schneider was born in Chateau-Thierry, near Paris
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Monkeys

Materials

Chrome

Antique German Hanau Silver Gilt Jeweled Musician Monkey Group
By Hanau
Located in New York, NY
keeping time with raised arm and lifted foot, accompanied by the percussionist, a pot-banging monkey
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Monkeys

Materials

Silver

Set of 4 Scottish Victorian Drumming Monkey Place Card Holders, 1899
By Brook Son, Edinburgh 1
Located in New York, NY
1899. Each: A cast open scene with drumming monkey, sticks raised overhead; mounted to shaped frame
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1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Monkeys

Materials

Sterling Silver

Asian Chinese Style 19th Century Carved Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19th century) carved wall plaque with monkeys playing in trees with fruit
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19th Century Chinese Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood

Pair of French Louis XV Style Late 19th Century Rosewood Commodes by Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Queens, NY
singerie (monkey) design & shaped marble top (stamped: CHARLES CRESSENT)       
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Monkeys

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th c. Burmese Style Carved Rosewood Easel
Located in Queens, NY
as well as foliate and animal forms, such as birds, monkeys, and a pair of life-size snakes coiled
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19th Century Burmese Antique Monkeys

Materials

Rosewood

Monkeys - Original Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
By Ernest Rouart
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the XX century
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1890s Antique Monkeys

Materials

Pencil

Indian Polychromed Monkey
Located in Sheffield, MA
Whimsical Indian carved wood and polychromed monkey sitting on a red oval carpet with white dotted
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19th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Monkeys

Materials

Wood, Paint

Bronze Monkey Candleholder
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming 19th century bronze candleholder featuring a monkey with his bellows.
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19th Century French Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Meiji Bronze Monkey
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful bronze sculpture with brown patina very finely chiseled, depicting a sitting monkey
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Monkey Musician Sculpture
By Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
An inspiring mid-19th century French bronze study of a whimsical monkey sat on a box playing a lute
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Monkeys

Materials

Bronze

Untitled - Circus Monkey.
By Theo van Hoytema
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
A circus monkey standing on top of a ball. Colour crayon style lithograph, chine collee on wove
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Early 20th Century Antique Monkeys

Materials

Lithograph

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Antique Monkeys For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique monkeys is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique monkeys was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, ceramic and wood. Antique monkeys have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique monkeys bearing Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique monkeys over the years, but those made by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Christopher Fratin and Jean-Baptiste Audebert are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Monkeys?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,500, while they’re typically $25 on the low end and $69,000 highest priced.