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Year: 1300
Spheres
300 - 1525 ((approximate range of possible dates))
* sphere
* In storage. Was at Penn's Landing at Dock Street. There were originally two spheres at opposite ends of the 1976 International Sculpture Garden. One was removed when the hotel was built (approximately 2001), and the second was removed between then and 2010.
* Exhibits: Missing
Five Spouts, Frog, and Lintel
1100 - 1300
* elephant ,
unidentified creatures
* This piece is all that's left of the International Sculpture Garden installed in 1976. The fountain no longer works.
* Columbus at Dock Street.
* 39.944250,-75.141550 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
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