Lot 77: f - Babij, a grès sculpture modelled by Joseph Mendes Da Costa 1900 or 1903

Name: f - Babij, a grès sculpture modelled by Joseph Mendes Da Costa 1900 or 1903
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: o9uqxhe3su

Est: €15,000 EUR - €18,000 EURSold:

Sotheby'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsFebruary 05, 2008

Item Overview

Description

modelled as a seated baby chimpanzee with salt glaze in shades of brown, on loose unglazed brown stained pedestal inscribed Babij the figure with inscribed monogram and indistinct date, the base with title Quantity: 2

Dimensions

height 20,5 cm including base

Artist or Maker

Joseph Mendes da (1806) Costa

Literature

illustrated in Kunstschrift 1997, p. 39 fig. K (actual piece), Cf. Meentwijck catalogue, p. 33 fig. 33 and Boymans Ceramics catalogue p. 219 for other versions of this model, Wendingen no. 5/6 1929, p. 10 (ill), Hammacher 1941, p. 31, ill. 14 and p. 72, Bremmer 1903, no. 9, p. 69

Provenance

Christie's Amsterdam 1990, sale 2130 lot 282

Notes

See lot 98 for another version of this model

Auction Details

DUTCH MODERNISM: The Schiller-David Collection of Symbolism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco 1880-1930

Sotheby's

February 05, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

De Boelelaan 30, Amsterdam, 1083 HJ, NL

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