Antique Fish Scaler

On the table lies a rich display of freshly caught fish of several varieties, their scales and fins vividly highlighted, alongside crabs and other delicacies of the sea.

A close look at the two works under consideration here allows us to identify all the distinctive characteristics of the artist’s oeuvre: to achieve the chromatic rendering of the sca...

Particularly noteworthy are the finely articulated scales of the fish, the segmented body of the shrimp, the detailed form of the squid, the textured surface of the crab, and the bea...

One arm is raised, the fist gripping a slender spiral-carved bone tusk; the other hand holds a small bone fish, finely incised with scales and eye and secured through the mouth with ...

Executed using the casting technique, the work shows the fish's flowing fins and scales with precision. The patina lends a subtle aged quality.

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.

The composition features a beast-headed prow, billowing sail, and a stern pennant embossed with a smiling radiant sun, set above rolling curvilinear waves populated by two scaled fis...

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

A split cane fishing rod rests on his shoulder as he weighs a fish using brass scales. Little is known of Hopkins but these are accomplished works worthy of a well recorded hand.

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 composition centers on the herati design, a small-scale repeating diamond, fish, and rosette motif of Persian origin, over a yellow field with a yellow border, in a long gallery-...

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

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...

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 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 ...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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 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.