Achilles and the daughters of Lycomedes, a fan the paper leaf painted with Achilles discovered disguised as a woman when he brandishes a sword, with a ship in the distance, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a Roman soldier holding a heart, a lady and Cupid at the altar of love - 10in. (26cm.), Italian, late 18th century (leaf slightly split at folds)

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Achilles and the daughters of Lycomedes, a fan the paper leaf painted with Achilles discovered disguised as a woman when he brandishes a sword, with a ship in the distance, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a Roman soldier holding a heart, a lady and Cupid at the altar of love - 10in. (26cm.), Italian, late 18th century (leaf slightly split at folds)
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