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FOLDING FAN, PROBABLY ITALIAN, WITH HAND-PAINTED LEAF MOUNTED A' L'ANGLAISE. ON THE FRONT COULD BE THE BIBLICAL SUBJECT OF MOSES AND THE DAUGHTERS OF JETHRO ( EXHODUS 2, 15-16 ). ENLARGING A FEW PARTICULARS I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SOME WRITINGS ON THE HANDS OF TWO PERSONAGES. PRECISELY ON ONE OF THEM IT SEEMS TO BE WRITTEN “JETHRO” OR, HOWEVER, A NAME THAT BEGINS WITH THE LETTER "J", WHILE ON THE OTHER THERE IS THE NUMBER 72, WHICH HAS A VERY IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ESOTERIC MEANING. IT IS CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSAL CYCLES, TO THE PENTADIC MYSTERIES, TO THE KABALAH AND TO THE MYSTERIOUS NAME OF GOD AND TO THE ROSECROSS. AN OTHER INTERPRETATION COULD BE THE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN LABANO AND JACOB: WE CAN SEE RACHEL WITH HER SON JOSEPH AND THE VILLAGE ON THE BACKGROUND COULD BE CANAAN. IVORY CARVED STICKS. THE RIBS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH SERPENTINE DRAWINGS AND ARE A WHOLE PIECE WITH THE STICKS. MOP PLAQUE ON THE RIVET. 1700 CA. CM.26. MAX. WIDTH CM. 47. STICKS 18+2 |