Les amours de Mars et Vénus, Europe, circa 1850 Folded fan, - Lot 140

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Les amours de Mars et Vénus, Europe, circa 1850 Folded fan, - Lot 140
Les amours de Mars et Vénus, Europe, circa 1850 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted with gouache of Venus in the arms of Mars. Love walks away, bow in hand, while nymphs dance, bring fruit or amuse themselves. An elderly figure, Vulcan, contemplates the scene with disapproval. The reverse is painted with a pair of lovers. Finely cut, pierced, engraved, burgundy and gilded white mother-of-pearl mounting of a queen and a soldier in conversation. Reverse of the motif in red ink. Height 29.5 cm-H.f. 14.8 cm (restorations)
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