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1850-1859
GUSN-48336
Fan: Wide, pierced and gilded mother of pearl sticks; paper leaf printed and painted w/ scene of Neptune w/ horse, cherub?, women on land w/ baskets of flowers w/ elaborate scrolled gilt border; reverse painted w/ figures (2 men, 3 women) in landscape w/ fountain; large blue silk tassel w/ gilt/brass ornament. Box--covered w/ embossed gilt leaf, w/ medallion on covered (porcelain?) silhouette on blue.
fans (costume accessories)
accessories
gilding
lithography
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
figures (representations)
mythology (literary genre)
Unidentified Paper
Lithography
Painted
Gilded
Classical Figure
Landscape
Mythology
FAN & BOX
Bottom of box, handwritten: ""oh / xm"".
1970.311A,B
Unknown
1970.311AB
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