Carp

Artist Masayuki (or Masamume) (Japanese)

Dateca. 1920-1940

MediumCast bronze

DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 × 26 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (16.19 × 67.95 × 16.51 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Menefee D. Blackwell

Object number2000.12.10

Signedon bottom: "Masayuki (alternate reading: "Masamune") saku" (made by Masayuki)

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DescriptionThis large ornamental sculpture of a carp depicts the fish in simplified, abstracted form. Its clear, smooth surface is punctuated only minimally with shallow relief details. The carp is depicted laterally with the fins on the underside serving as the supporting structure.

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