A fan, the leaf painted with Ceres and attendants, the verso with a chinoiserie figure, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with the family of Darius before Alexander in the manner of Le Brun and two oval vignettes of putti, the guardsticks carved with a hero and a lady and trophies of love - 10in., circa 1750 (slightly warped)

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A fan, the leaf painted with Ceres and attendants, the verso with a chinoiserie figure, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with the family of Darius before Alexander in the manner of Le Brun and two oval vignettes of putti, the guardsticks carved with a hero and a lady and trophies of love - 10in., circa 1750 (slightly warped)

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The painting of the Family of Darius is at Versailles

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