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Lot Essay
? inscribed 2515 above 6th stick from right and J.B. in pencil on verso under the bundle of Aeneas's belongings.
Details
Dido and Aeneas,
a fine fan, the chickenskin leaf drawn in black with Dido and Aeneas watched by Juno, to the right twins in a shell, the verso with the death of Dido, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, painted and gilt with flowers, the guardsticks carved chinoiserie men with parasols, with tortoiseshell filet - 11in. (28cm.), Italian, circa 1750 (slight wear)
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a fine fan, the chickenskin leaf drawn in black with Dido and Aeneas watched by Juno, to the right twins in a shell, the verso with the death of Dido, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, painted and gilt with flowers, the guardsticks carved chinoiserie men with parasols, with tortoiseshell filet - 11in. (28cm.), Italian, circa 1750 (slight wear)
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