CIRCA 1660
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A CHARLES II BEADWORK PICTURE
Circa 1660
Depicting a female allegorical figure of the sense of Smell, with hound and insect and holding a floral bouquet within a foliate oval, the ground with figural allegories of the Continents and with walled city and pond with fish and ducks, lion and stag, worked with beads and seed pearls, on a satin ground, with a later gilt and ebonized frame
18½in. (47cm.) high, 24½in. (62cm.) wide overall
Circa 1660
Depicting a female allegorical figure of the sense of Smell, with hound and insect and holding a floral bouquet within a foliate oval, the ground with figural allegories of the Continents and with walled city and pond with fish and ducks, lion and stag, worked with beads and seed pearls, on a satin ground, with a later gilt and ebonized frame
18½in. (47cm.) high, 24½in. (62cm.) wide overall