Large figurative park fountain in patinated bronze. Three fully sculpted nude figures of young women standing on a round base richly decorated with ornamental acanthus and tongue friezes. Each standing on the tip of a foot, they support the large, shell-shaped fountain bowl together with a thick, vegetal central shaft. Crowned by two cupids in kneeling and standing poses, holding a shell and blowing a triton horn respectively. H. 220 cm. A large French patinated bronze garden fountain with three female nudes and two cupids. France. After 1900.

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