Monkey-form milk jug

This unique, monkey-form milk jug dates from around 1750 and originates from the workshop of De Vergulde Blompot, painted by Pieter Verburg (?).

The history of the monkey-formed jugs is reaching far to the Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722). The jug is formed as a seated monkey holding an open-topped peach to his mouth.

The colors used to paint the jug are cobalt oxide, manganese, and yellow. The monkey is seated on a blue-marbleized rock.

Height: ca. 20 cm (ca. 8 in.)

The diameter of the base: ca. 8 cm (ca. 3 in.)

Source: R.D. Aronson, Dutch Delftware. Qui Capit, Capitur, Amsterdam 2015, p. 120.