MAURICE CENTERPIECE

THE LIKENESS IN THIS MAMMOTH COASTAL CENTERPIECE IS UNCANNY. THINK OF IT AS A SCULPTURAL TROMPE L’OEIL, A WORK OF MAGIC THAT TRICKS THE SENSES INTO ITS MANMADE WONDER. TO THE TOUCH, RICH TEXTURES RECALL WHAT WOULD’VE BEEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF SCULPTING IN THE MAKING; TO THE EYE, A HAND-PAINTED MARBLED FINISH REPLICATES AGING SO CONVINCING, YOU MAY THINK IT WAS PLUCKED DIRECTLY FROM THE WATERS. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED, THIS PIECE IS A REPLICA—LEAVE THE REAL THING IN ITS UNDERWATER HABITAT.