Treasures from the Ark (V. Nersessian, British Library, 2001, p.152) illustrates an 18th cent. Kutahya bowl with similar decoration, stating “Fishes, as a Christian decorative motif, served to recall the feeding of the five thousand and the sacrament of the Eucharist by the Lord, who is referred to, in the second century, as “ the huge, pure Fish from the fountain which faith provides as food”.