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The decoration on the barrel shows carp ascending a waterfall, symbolic of success in life.

Credit: Gift of Marshall C. Lefferts, 1909

Barrel late 18th-early 19th century; stock, dated 1865

Iron, gold, silver, wood, brass

94.0 cm

09.49.2

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025

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