Why are we amused by monkeys?  They act almost human, reflecting human follies and vanities.

People are captivated by monkeys all around the world:

• The Chinese celebrate monkeys in their Zodiac.
• In Rome, children are fascinated by organ-grinders’ monkeys collecting coins.
• In India, monkeys gather to eat bananas and fruit;
• In Japan, there are shrines inhabited by monkeys.
• Monkeys even pioneered space exploration.
• In art, monkeys go back to the Egyptians, who kept dogs and cats and monkeys as common household pets. 

And their images ever since have ranged from fun-loving to exotic. 

At ETC., some of our best friends are monkeys.

See C187, our Parisian pottery monkey playing a saxophone, or the monkey M273 who’s fascinated, looking at himself in the mirror.
The china bowl C125 is decorated with a circus troupe of monkeys playing in wisteria.  And M040 is a mischievous monkey wrapped around a large pottery jar.

If you love monkeys as much as we do, don’t monkey around.

Take a look at the monkeys in our collection.