Lot Essay
Ovid, Metamorphoses 2, 708-832
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Herse espied by Mercury
a fine fan, the leaf painted with Mercury flying over the three sisters returning from the festival of Minerva, the verso with two figures, a child and a dog in a landscape within a border of exotic flowers, the ivory sticks pierced and painted with four vignettes and cloute with mother of pearl - 10in. (26cm.), circa 1730
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a fine fan, the leaf painted with Mercury flying over the three sisters returning from the festival of Minerva, the verso with two figures, a child and a dog in a landscape within a border of exotic flowers, the ivory sticks pierced and painted with four vignettes and cloute with mother of pearl - 10in. (26cm.), circa 1730
See illustration