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Etruscan Terracotta Vase in the Shape of a Monkey in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Etruscan Terracotta Vase in the Shape of a Monkey in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Title: Terracotta vase in the shape of a monkey

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Etruscan, Etrusco-Corinthian

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 565–550 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926

Accession Number: 26.60.92

Description:

Although this type of small container is ultimately derived from Corinthian and Egyptian prototypes, it was especially popular in Southern Etruria and Latium.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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