Busacca Gallery

Description:

Artist Kim Eric Lilot: "This sculpturaly dramatic, fluid, Sea Life themed brooch is hand-fabricated in multi-colored 18 and 14 karat yellow, red, white and peach golds. Diamonds are inlaid (bezel-set) within the fish's eyes and hand-fired transluscent enamelling, along with delicate hand-chasing and engraving is used to denote the various species. A very secure and wide hand-made double-pin brooch mechanism has been incorporated within the back of the design so as not to interfere with the visual appreciation. Limited edition: 03/05

Reference:

Fish have also featured prominently in art and literature.



The golden fish (Sanskrit: Matsya), represents in the semiotic of Ashtamangala,(buddhist symbolism) the state of fearless suspension in samsara, thus perceived as the harmless ocean, referred to as 'buddha-eyes' or ' rigpa-sight] '. The fishes symbolises the auspiciousness of all living beings in a state of fearlessness without danger of drowning in the Samsaric Ocean of Suffering, and migrating from teaching to teaching freely and spontaneously just as fish swim.



In the following quotation, the two golden fishes are linked with the Ganges and Yamuna, and nadi, prana and carp:



The two fishes originally represented the two main sacred rivers of India - the Ganges and Yamuna. These rivers are associated with the lunar and solar channels which originate in the nostrils and carry the alternating rhythms of breath & prana.



They have religious significance in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions but also in Christianity who is first signified by the sign of the fish, and especially referring to feeding the multitude in the desert. In the dhamma of Buddha the fish symbolize happiness as they have complete freedom of movement in the water. They represent fertility and abundance. Often drawn in the form of carp which are regarded in the Orient as sacred on account of their elegant beauty, size and life-span.[