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)

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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 12

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Dr. I van Eeghen suggests fans with this subject were made for the Jewish community to give to Gentiles at the celebration of Purim

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