ITALIAN
FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE PAPER LEAF, LITHOGRAPHED AND HAND-PAINTED. ON VERSO
THE PERSONAGES ARE IN TRADITIONAL NEAPOLITAN COSTUMES. ON THE BACKGROUND
THE VESUVIO. BELOW LEFT WE CAN
READ THE WRITING R.C.V.X.525. PIERCED AND CARVED IVORY STICKS, WITH FIVE
HAND-PAINTED CARTOUCHES WITH CHINOISERIES, FRUITS, FLOWERS AND INSECTS,
AND APPLICATIONS OF ALIOTHIS AND TROCHIS. THE BACK OF THE STICKS IS
BICHROMATIC, TO BE LOOKED AGAINST THE LIGHT. THE STICKS' SIDE AND PEAK,
WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED, ARE CARVED TO CREATE A PARTICULAR PATTERN. MOP
BUTTON. 1840 CA. FOR THE LEAF. EARLY 1700 FOR THE STICKS. CM
26,5. MAX SPREAD CM 45. STICKS 20+2. |