Important Malachite Fountain, Late 19th Century. According to the russian school
The octogonal font supporting a figure of a bearded male nude, presumably a River god, reclining on a chaise lounge, each corner of the font supporting a putto with arms raised, interspersed with spouts cast as frogs and animal heads,the tapered exterior of the font applied with stylized or scolling foliage, the lowest with ogee molded panels decorated with the twelve symbols of the zodiac dispersed amongst foliage, supported on a shaft centered by four twisted malachite half sized columns surmonted capitals supporting four projecting scantily clad winged female nudes, each holds a wreath, presumably representing Justice, the lower portion of each column with a bearded male nude, all above an eight stepped octogonal plinth, the upper and lower steps with applied foliage, centering two malachite applied register raised on eight scrolled feet
Height 47 inch, Diameter at base 26 inch
Height: 120 cm - diameter at the base 66 cm.