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The multiplication of loaves and fish Workshop crafting for Otto I around 968 Ivory; 12,20cm x 12cm OA 6310
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The multiplication of loaves and fish Workshop crafting for Otto I around 968...

Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster End of 12th century; Norway ?, Cologne ? Walrus ivory MRR 428
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Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster End of 12th cent...

Oval dish decorated with "rustic figulines",a serpent, salamanders,fish and a lobster,around 1560. Glazed clay,52,5 x 40 cm France,ca.1560
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Oval dish decorated with "rustic figulines",a serpent, salamanders,fish and a...

Objects from Archduke's Ferdinand II "Wunderkammer": On the ceiling: 2 sharks, one deep-sea fish. Portrait of a giant, accompanied by a child to mark his size. Painting of a huge bear shot by the Archduke. Antlers of a stag, around which a tree has grown.
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Objects from Archduke's Ferdinand II "Wunderkammer": On the ceiling: 2 sharks...

Fishermaid, around 1780-1790 Gera porcelain Manufacture
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Fishermaid, around 1780-1790 Gera porcelain Manufactu...

Chatelaine plate, Merovingian, 7th century. Copper-alloy plate, originally tinned to resemble silver. When viewed vertically, the openwork design gives the impression of a stick figure between two other figures. The paired figures have birds' heads, and arms at an anatomically impossible angle. When the object is viewed on its side the design can be correctly read as a fish between two eagles. The eagle has an early, pagan significance: the Romans associated it with Jupiter and the Franks possibly with Wotan. However the scene may be given a Christian interpretation: the eagle possibly representing Christ, and the fish, a common Christian image, representing the redeemed human soul. The plate would have been worn on a chatelaine, a kind of belt, with straps attached to the loops at the top. It comes from Amiens, Somme, France. M&ME, 1891,10-19,59
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Chatelaine plate, Merovingian, 7th century. Copper-alloy plate, originally tinne...

Fish tureen from Meissen. Handles on tureen and lid are goldfish, a Chinese symbol of good luck. The China-blue is painted under the glaze, the other colours are added over the glaze. 1730
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Fish tureen from Meissen. Handles on tureen and lid are goldfish, a Chinese...

Fish-mask of the yup'ik (inuit) tribe. Such masks were worn during festivities in the large communal houses built for meetings. The dancers represented events from inuit mythology.The soul of the fish is represented by the human face. Wood,H:48 cm Inv.70.1999.1.2.
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Fish-mask of the yup'ik (inuit) tribe. Such masks were worn during festivities...

Ketubah (detail of upper half) from Calcutta, India, 1900. Exotic local flora and fauna, including fish, peacocks and tigers adorn this contract. Parchment, 49,7 x 40,3 cm
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Ketubah (detail of upper half) from Calcutta, India, 1900. Exotic local flora...

An amulet against the evil eye, to be hung in a home. The raised hand ("hamsa") in the Levitical configuration bestowes blessing; the fish are a symbol of fertility. Painted glass on foil, 34,5 x 29 cm
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An amulet against the evil eye, to be hung in a home. The raised hand...

Passover plate and matzah perforator. Passover and the Seder-dinner celebrate the exodus from Egypt and freedom from slavery. Only matzah, unleavened bread, may be eating during Passover-week. From Poland. Faience, 32 cm diameter
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Passover plate and matzah perforator. Passover and the Seder-dinner celebrate t...

Tapestry with fishes.
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Tapestry with fishes.