An Art Deco cold painted bronze figural group by Salvatore Melani, Salvatore Melani (1902-1972), the dynamic group of nymph jumping from a wave with her arms extended, flanked by two seagulls with, their wings fully extended, in cold painted bronze, raised on a black marble plinth, signed 'S. Melani Bronze' to, the reverse of, the figure. Height 53 cm, width 80 cm, depth 22 cm