Details
A fan, the leaf painted with Venus and Adonis, with Neptune, within a border of vignettes in tones of blue and pink and blue and white porcelain, the verso with Bacchus and Ariadne, the mother of pearl sticks finely carved and pierced with figures and dolphins, the guardsticks carved with a King and Queen and the Royal Arms of France and dolphins - 11in., French, early 18th century
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Provenance
Mr. John Webb. Sold at Christie's by his daughter Mrs. Ruth Cragg, Wrotham Place, Kent, 24th and 25th June 1925, lot 195, (33. 12s. with another fan