细节
A fine fan
painted with the Family of Darius before Alexander, the reserves decorated with straw-work and mother of pearl, the verso with shepherds and shepherdesses, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a classical scene possibly Perseus and Andromeda, the pivot with a large circular cavity which may have contained a watch or a spy-glass - 11in., circa 1750
See colour illustration on front cover
painted with the Family of Darius before Alexander, the reserves decorated with straw-work and mother of pearl, the verso with shepherds and shepherdesses, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a classical scene possibly Perseus and Andromeda, the pivot with a large circular cavity which may have contained a watch or a spy-glass - 11in., circa 1750
See colour illustration on front cover