Painted Lucky Fish

Hand-carved from reclaimed wood, this rustic koi sculpture recreates early 20th-century Chinese folk art designs. The fish is carved with a squat, rounded body and painted with a colorful palette of blues and yellows. Common motifs in Chinese art, fish are emblems of harmony, wealth, and luck, and Buddhist symbols of "freedom from all restraints." Finished with a beautifully worn texture and set on a custom steel mount, this provincial koi looks wonderful on a bookcase or console as a tabletop sculpture.