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Lot Essay
Daniel 5. The words on the Wall are normally Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin. Daniel told him they portended the fall of Babylon.
Details
Belshazzar's Feast,
a fan, the leaf painted with the King of Babylon feasting and the words on the wall Mane Thessel Farets, the verso with a baroque border with birds, the ivory sticks carved with Venus and Cupid, the guardsticks carved with figures, birds and baskets of fruit - 11.5in. (29cm.), French, circa 1710 (one stick damaged)
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a fan, the leaf painted with the King of Babylon feasting and the words on the wall Mane Thessel Farets, the verso with a baroque border with birds, the ivory sticks carved with Venus and Cupid, the guardsticks carved with figures, birds and baskets of fruit - 11.5in. (29cm.), French, circa 1710 (one stick damaged)
See Illustration
Exhibited
La Tour-de-Peilz 1994, Fig.10.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium