Military encampment, Europe, circa 1850? Folded fan, the pap - Lot 141

Lot n° 141
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Military encampment, Europe, circa 1850? Folded fan, the pap - Lot 141
Military encampment, Europe, circa 1850? Folded fan, the paper sheet, lined with skin, and painted with gouache of a rare military encampment subject. Tents have been erected for a campaigning army. In the foreground, women canteen workers and a mother and child. The reverse, on the same theme, shows French soldiers following a donkey carrying a mother and child. Original white mother-of-pearl mounting, carved, engraved, silvered and gilded, decorated with Mars and Venus bathed in light and framed by scrolls and foliage. Military figures playing music are illustrated on the sides. H.t. 29 cm-H.f. 14.4 cm (restorations)
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