Finely cast with the snouts raised of each crocodile raised. The body is finely decorated with cross-hatch designs.
Crocodile gold weights with shared stomach evoke the proverb : they both have the same stomach but when they eat they fight because of the sweetness of the swallowing. The meaning of the proverb - it expresses the dilemmas of family life - is that while the acquisitions of each family member benifits the whole famly, there is only one stomach, the pleasure of enjoyment is an individual thing.
Estimated Period: Late 19th Century
Ex Private Collection, UK
Length: 5 cm
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