Lot Essay
A note on the back reads "... It is supposed to have belonged to' Isabella the Catholic' of Spain." However this is likely to be an error, and probably refers to Isabella Farnese, Queen of Spain.
Details
A fine Chinese export fan, the leaf painted with a woman brought before a King at an army camp, possibly the clemency of Alexander the Great, the mother of pearl sticks carved, pierced and painted with figures - 11in. (28cm.), Chinese, mid-18th century - in fan-shaped, glazed case,(repairs to guardsticks and foot of leaf
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