Mars and Venus, France, circa 1750 Folded fan, the skin shee - Lot 71

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Mars and Venus, France, circa 1750 Folded fan, the skin shee - Lot 71
Mars and Venus, France, circa 1750 Folded fan, the skin sheet lined with paper and painted with gouache of Venus and Mars watching a lover present them with an arrow and shield. The reverse is painted with a woman seated against a rock. Richly beveled, carved, engraved, painted and gilded ivory mount. Lovers frame Jupiter's abduction of Europa in the guise of a bull. Seashells, rabbits, squirrels, roosters and lions, wolves and sheep are combined with flowers and military trophies. White mother-of-pearl plumes pierced, carved and engraved with love and a woman with a basket of flowers. H.t. 29.5 cm-H.f. 13.7 cm (wear, one split strand, restorations)
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