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Lot Essay
The vignette of Nymphs awaking Cupid derives from W.R. Rylands' 1776 engraving after A. Kauffman entitled Dormio Innocuus.
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AN IVORY BRISE FAN
CIRCA 1780
Painted with a classical scene of a sleeping Cupid being woken by nymphs, the sticks pierced and gilt
The sticks - 10 in. (25 cm.)
CIRCA 1780
Painted with a classical scene of a sleeping Cupid being woken by nymphs, the sticks pierced and gilt
The sticks - 10 in. (25 cm.)
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