Dragon Bowl Fountain
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Dyffryn House and Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan
NT 1682832
Caption
The Dragon Bowl Fountain. A bronze fountain sitting in a pool. Two dragons wrapped around a twisted and fluted bowl.
Summary
A bronze fountain sitting in a pool. The bronze dragon bowl. Two dragons wrapped around a twisted and fluted bowl. The water falls from the mouth of the upper dragons head into the bowl which then runs from the mouth of the lower dragon into the pool.
Provenance
Donated to Dyffryn Gardens in 1951 by Grenville Morgan. Previously owned by Glamorgan County Council . Makes up part of the chattels transferred to National Trust ownership as part of the lease agreement of 2012. It was agreed all moveable chattels left by the council would become the property of the National Trust.