marine decoration
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marine decoration
Classical architectural ornament suggesting the sea or navigation, including anchors, the columna rostrata, dolphins, fish, hippocamps, mermaids, Neptune with his attribute (the trident), nets, ropes, sea-shells, and tritons, often associated with grottoes.
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- Lewis & Darley (1986)
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