Grand Tour Bronze Fontana delle Tartarughe
Fine Grand Tour Bronze Model of the "Fontana delle Tartarughe" (Turtle Fountain) , 19th c., after the fountain in the Piazza Mattei, Rome, by Giacomo della Porta and Taddeo Landini; modeled as a working table-top fountain (with plumbing); the upper basin over four addorsed ephebes, holding turtles, standing over dolphins and shell-form basins, h. 16 in., dia. 17 in Provenance: Ron Barber Antiques, Columbia, SC, 2014
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Fine Grand Tour Bronze Model of the "Fontana delle Tartarughe" (Turtle Fountain) , 19th c., after the fountain in the Piazza Mattei, Rome, by Giacomo della Porta and Taddeo Landini; modeled as a working table-top fountain (with plumbing); the upper basin over four addorsed ephebes, holding turtles, standing over dolphins and shell-form basins, h. 16 in., dia. 17 in Provenance: Ron Barber Antiques, Columbia, SC, 2014
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