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Dear Ali, Where you see a "fish" and a "sun," I see two placement variations of the same cane--a cane that has an abstract central circle surrounded by rays/stripes. Understanding the genesis of millefiori design, I believe this pattern evolved out of one that was intended to resemble the polyp scars of fossil coral--a prized decorative stone in antiquity. I do not believe these canes have representational figures embedded in them. Nevertheless, I can demonstrate a number of times where people have suggested that entirely abstract random patterns were intended to be certain things. A Chinese bead comes to mind that the person was certain had "dragons" on it. We all know that a popular Venetian bead is said to have "a face," because it displays three strategic dots, that are easy to interpret as "eyes and a mouth." People see what they want to see. But I would say this approaches being a Rohrschak test. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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