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5 Water Spouts, Frog and Lintel, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Javanese), sculptor. Title:  5 Water Spouts, Frog and Lintel, (sculpture). Dates:  1100-1299. Installed 1986. Medium:  Sculptures: gray volcanic rock; Bases: granite. Dimensions:  7 pieces. Tiger: approx. H. 3 ft. 4 in.; Ram: approx. H. 3 ft. 3 in.; Elephant: approx. H. 3 ft. 2 in.; First Makara: approx. H. 3 ft. 1 in.; Second Makara: approx. H. 3 ft. 2 in.; Frog: approx. H. 2 ft.; Lintel: approx. W. 2 ft. 4 1/2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Five water spouts, resembling a tiger, a ram, an elephant, and two makaras, placed next to a wall on individual, rectangular bases. A frog sits in front of the water spouts facing them, mounted on a shorter, circular base. An overhead lintel, mounted atop the wall behind the water spouts, depicts a kala. Subject:  Ethnic -- Javanese Animal -- Tiger Animal -- Sheep Animal -- Elephant Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Mythology -- Asian Religion -- Buddhism Religion -- Hinduism Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Fountain Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Located Penn's Landing, International Sculpture Garden, Columbus Boulevard & Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Acquired 1979. Formerly located Eastern Java, Indonesia Remarks:  Initiated by the Fairmount Park Art Association. The sculptures were acquired by the Fairmount Park Art Association in 1979. The Mabel Pew Myrin Trust supported their installation at Penn's Landing in 1986. Carved stone spouts, such as these, are found in eastern Java at Hindu and Buddhist ritual bathing pools. Makaras are mythical creatures that appear in Indian and Indonesian art. The kala was thought to be both a ferocious and a protective force. A visitor passing under a kala gateway was symbolically devoured and reborn. IAS files contain an excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 244. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 244. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA000616   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000616 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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