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The Education of Young Children, Europe, circa 1760 Rare folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted in gouache with two interior views. To the left, a young woman teaches little girls the art of sewing and embroidery. Hats and clothes hang on the wall, and they hold their work in their hands. To the right, a man is writing, seated at a table, while young boys arrive carrying books. Two men come forward, presumably to benefit from his work as a public writer. In the center, two statues in the antique style represent the goddess Diana, and a hunter, perhaps Endymion. The reverse is painted with cherry blossoms in the Chinese style, and a young woman carrying a basket. Mounted in ivory (elephantidae spp), finely beaded, carved, engraved, gilded and painted with two landscapes in trompe-l'oeil cartels. The sculpted plumes of a Chinese figure. (The rear plume is broken, restorations). Total height: 26.3 cm; Height. Height : 11.8 cm Weight : 59 g. *Ivory specimen of Elephantidae spp (I/A) pre-Convention, prior to July 1, 1947 and therefore compliant with EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc, and prior to July 1, 1975 and therefore compliant with the French decrees of May 4, 2017 and January 2022. To leave the European Union, a CITES re-export permit is required. Expert: Georgina Letourmy-Bordier

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The Education of Young Children, Europe, circa 1760 Rare folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted in gouache with two interior views. To the left, a young woman teaches little girls the art of sewing and embroidery. Hats and clothes hang on the wall, and they hold their work in their hands. To the right, a man is writing, seated at a table, while young boys arrive carrying books. Two men come forward, presumably to benefit from his work as a public writer. In the center, two statues in the antique style represent the goddess Diana, and a hunter, perhaps Endymion. The reverse is painted with cherry blossoms in the Chinese style, and a young woman carrying a basket. Mounted in ivory (elephantidae spp), finely beaded, carved, engraved, gilded and painted with two landscapes in trompe-l'oeil cartels. The sculpted plumes of a Chinese figure. (The rear plume is broken, restorations). Total height: 26.3 cm; Height. Height : 11.8 cm Weight : 59 g. *Ivory specimen of Elephantidae spp (I/A) pre-Convention, prior to July 1, 1947 and therefore compliant with EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc, and prior to July 1, 1975 and therefore compliant with the French decrees of May 4, 2017 and January 2022. To leave the European Union, a CITES re-export permit is required. Expert: Georgina Letourmy-Bordier

Estimate 800 - 1 000 EUR

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For sale on Tuesday 28 May : 13:30 (CEST)
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