Antique Fish Scale

By 1922, in the Parisian district of Ménilmontant, Rousselet established his own workshop dedicated to the manufacture of glass beads, Galalith beads, and imitation pearls—the latter...

Vogt has meticulously rendered the fish-scale shingles on the roof and the decorative brackets under the eaves.

This composition showcases two fish arranged horizontally, emphasizing scale, texture, and anatomical detail.

This fine example of antique silverware is fitted with an impressive cast antique mystical fish decorated handle ornamented with scale decoration.

The outer silver casing features a detailed scale-like cutout pattern, reminiscent of fish or dragon scales, allowing the vivid cobalt blue to shimmer through the openwork in a fluid...

Shaped in the form of a fish with meticulously sculpted scales, this piece brings character and elegance to any desk or tabletop.

Chinese export blue & white plate, painted with a ‘precious objects’, pattern, with scrolls, censors & teawares, within a border of fish and moths on a scale ground. Unmarked, c.1780

These are very charming with their fish motif and rippled surface as if scales of the fish.

The primary border frames the composition with a beautifully scaled Herati (fish) pattern, often symbolizing water and eternity.

The matrix also bears a crocodile tooth, fragments of terrapin plastron, as well as enamel-covered scales from gar fish and other aquatic animals. The fossils are held together by a ...

This articulated technique is a hallmark of Chinese craftsmanship, emulating the natural undulation of a swimming fish. Enamel Work: The scales are enameled in translucent red and a...

The surface is richly decorated with scrolling arabesques, scaled fish motifs, and finely tooled foliate patterns.

A 19th-century limestone column base carved in relief with mythical qilin, chimeric animals from Chinese mythology described as having the head of a dragon, the body of a tiger, the ...

Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...

The textured surface of the fish, with stylized fins and scales, reflects the artist's mastery in capturing the essence of marine life with a modernist touch.

The particularity of this mermaid resides in the way her legs are depicted by the artist ; two fish tails with finely carved scales. Each tail is achieved by beautiful caudal fins.

Both the red used in the scales of the fish and the lime green for the wave twinkle a slightly gem tone, gives this piece a jewel-like quality.

Enthusiastically carved and fascinating study of the large riverside predator Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Ebonised fruitwood carved to a striking standard of...

The practice was not new; naturalists painting watercolor over gold leaf to show iridescence in feathers and in the scales of fish since the beginning of the century.

This beautifully enameled fish has fascinating detailing. Covered in blue and pink iridescent scales, the fish appears to have been speared through by the pin, capped by a single nat...