"The decoration on this unique dish depicts the perspective of a fish. Above the surface a pair of eyes peer into the depths. Is it perhaps a cat, keen to catch a fish, or a frog about to become fish food? Or a surprised small fish trying to flee an attack? Inspiration probably came from a Japanese woodcut, possibly by Hokusai, who made similar, realistic and wryly humorous, of nature."
For #FishFriday + #SharkWeek2024 :
Elise Konstantin-Hansen (Danish, 1858-1946)
Plate, 1888
Glazed earthenware, Dia. 30.5 cm
Nationalmuseum Sweden NMK 18/1991: collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumP...
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