| 单词 | monkey band |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey band monkey band n. = monkey orchestra n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > china ornament wally dug1904 monkey orchestra1906 monkey band1934 1934 W. B. Honey Dresden China iv. 118 Some of the best known of all Meissen figures are the Monkey Band,..an assemblage of more than twenty separate figures with a conductor, which is said to have been modelled in ridicule of Count Brühl's orchestra. 1977 J. C. Austin Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg 7 The monkey band figures are not listed in the 1977 Chelsea sale but they are recorded 11 times in the 1756 sale, such as ‘A set of 5 musical figures representing monkies in different attitudes’. 2004 Swift Stud. 19 97 Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-75), the earliest and still unsurpassed artist in this medium, modelled his Monkey Band seemingly in this spirit: an orchestra of apes dressed in the latest fashions. < as lemmas |
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