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CARP AND WATERWHEEL
Estimate
4,000 - 4,500 GBP
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Description
- CARP AND WATERWHEEL
- Unsigned
- Wood, the eyes inlaid
- 4.5cm., 1 3/4 in.
The fish swimming strongly among waves to climb the spokes of a waterwheel and to form a circular compact composition.
Literature
A very similar model treated in ivory is illustrated in The Baur Collection, no.C923
Catalogue Note
This motif is associated with the virtues of the determined warrior, that is tenacity, perserverance and the will to win and today, is a metaphor for the qualities desirable in a young man and is an emblem for the Boys' Day Festival held on May 5th.