Antique French Sevres Terracotta Ceramic Monkey Snail Animalier Statue Sculpture by Emmanuel Fremiet, 1905 Paintings each drawer with relief panels

each drawer with relief panels and bronze handles and escutcheon lock-plates

by the celebrated Navajo silversmith Willie Yazzie

The painting is housed in the original ornate gilded gesso frame

the front of the case has swiveled latch

Antique French Sevres Terracotta Ceramic Monkey Snail Animalier Statue Sculpture by Emmanuel Fremiet, 1905 Paintings each drawer with relief panelsA finely detailed antique French terracotta monkey statue by the French sculptor Emmanuel Frmiet (18241910), signed and dated 1905. This whimsical and humorous sculpture depicts a realistic monkey sitting with the right leg stretched long and his fingers studying a spot on its body, whilst eyeing a small snail crawling towards him. The monkey is sitting on a patch of leaves and grass with its relaxed tail flush to the ground. The animal is beige in