Yangzhong Puffer Fish

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Yangzhong Puffer Fish
Year2013
MediumBronze sculpture
Subject Puffer fish
Location Jiangsu Province, China

The Yangzhong Puffer Fish, or the "Puffer Fish Tower" is a notable 295-foot-long bronze statue in the shape of the puffer fish. Weighing 2,300 tons and reportedly costing $11 million, this statue sits on the banks of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu Province of China. Work on this project was completed in 2013. [1] [2] [3]

The Yangzhong Puffer Fish sculpture is the largest steel-framework sculpture in China, and perhaps the entire world. [4]

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