Details
A fan, the leaf painted with the Jews asking Queen Esther for their Freedom, the verso painted with a lady on a daybed watched by putti on an island, with a ship beyond, the ivory sticks painted with a vignette of ruins, carved and pierced with figures including a frieze of Chinoiserie figures and decorated with glitter - 12in., circa 1750 (some old repairs)
See colour plate
See colour plate
Provenance
Sotheby's, 8th December 1925, lot 25c
Dr. I. van Eeghen suggests fans with this subject were made for the Jewish community to give to gentiles at the celebration of Purim
Dr. I. van Eeghen suggests fans with this subject were made for the Jewish community to give to gentiles at the celebration of Purim