magot

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ma·got

M0036100 (mă-gō′, măg′ət)n.1. See Barbary ape.2. A fanciful, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style rendered in a seated position.
[French, from Old French magos, a kind of monkey, from Magog, Magos, Magog, name of biblical land (Ezekiel 38-39) and tribe (Revelation 20:8-9), used as an emblem of ugliness in medieval romances.]

magot

(mɑːˈɡəʊ; ˈmæɡət) n1. (Ceramics) a Chinese or Japanese figurine in a crouching position, usually grotesque2. (Animals) a less common name for Barbary ape[C17: from French: grotesque figure, after the Biblical giant Magog]