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Barbara Israel Garden Antiques

Carved marble

Italian

Circa 1890

Carved Marble Fountain in the Form of a Dolphin

36 ins. high, base 15 ins. x 13.5 ins.

description

A carved marble fountain in the form of a stylized, fantastical dolphin in the manner of the Italian Renaissance, the head of the formidable creature with winged gills and looking upward, the scaly, fishlike tail wound tightly around its body, atop square base, Italian, ca. 1890.