A shell-work fountain on a mound of rockwork in the foreground, with two monkeys at the left. In the background, a temple portico houses another fountain, with vase and pyramid beside it.
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Title: Rocaille [Rococo Design], in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des Paravents [New Concepts for Screens]
Exhibitions: New York - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008", March 7 - July 6, 2008.
Dimensions: 49.4 x 24.8 cm (19 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Bibliography: Gail S. Davidson, "Ornament of Bizarre Imagination," in Sarah Coffin et. al, Rococo, The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 (New York: Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2008), p. 52, fig. 17.
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