Monkey, figure group
(c. 1930)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
12.6 × 9.9 × 9.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Trained as a sculptor, Knud Khyn began working for Royal Copenhagen in 1903 and continued there until 1923, before returning in 1925. Like many other Danish ceramicists, he worked interchangeably with Bing and Grøndahl, the other leading Danish ceramic factory, for whom he first provided designs in 1913. In 1925, while employed by Royal Copenhagen, Khyn established his own successful studio and ran it for several years. He remained at Royal Copenhagen until his death in 1969. Throughout his career, Kyhn modelled a number of popular and successful animal figures that he produced in this particular solfatara stoneware glaze.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Copenhagen, Denmark
Inscription
printed on base u.c.: • ROYAL • (• under Y / (crown) / COPENHAGEN / DENMARK
painted in blue on base c.: (3 horizontal wavy lines) KK (monogram)
incised in base l.c.: 0,95.S / 20199
Accession Number
1229-D4
Department
International Decorative Arts