Brass Chinese Koi Shaped Locks welded sculpture making them pretty great displayed

making them  pretty great displayed side by side just as sculptures if not at either end of a row of books

thus yielding wonderfully inky pools of saturated color around its shoulders and neck

other than that I think it has a great silhouette and an interesting surface

hand-painted glass bud vase with orange and black decoration

Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America: http://www

Brass Chinese Koi Shaped Locks welded sculpture making them pretty great displayedThese great circa 1950s heavy brass Chinese koi shaped locks are ideal for holding closed a Chinese chest, but are also great objects hung on the wall or just sitting around. The larger of the two opens and closes without a key; the smaller (which I am just throwing in with the other) is locked and would need a Chinese key (which looks like a large, flat metal pin and are fairly easily found) to open. The larger of the two measures 6" long x 3 5 8"