Animals are our mirrors, the reflection of our souls. Since Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, cats, dogs, foxes, monkeys, storks and storks have denounced human greed, injustice, and desire for domination and the ruses we can use to defend ourselves against it. Here are some examples illustrated by figurative jewelry by Buccellati, Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels: “like cats and dogs”, “the elephant giving birth to a mouse”, “The Fox and the Stork” by La Fontaine or “Tigers and Dragons” by Ang Lee.





