Parisian Louis XV Limestone Carp Fountain Head or Mascaron c.1740An outstanding sculpted Parisian French limestone Carp or Dolphin fountain head otherwise known as mascaron or Masqueron c. 1740 Large and strikingly deeply hand carved in limestone, patinated with age. In Paris, the monumental Fontaine des Quatre Saisons on the Rue de Grenelle (7th arrondissement) (1739), by sculptor Edme Bouchardon features very similar mascaron around the base of the fountain intended to provide water to the neighbourhood but also