Elephants and tigers, fan circa 1850
Elephants and tigers, fan circa 1850
Bone fan, the chromolithographed paper leaf representing in the central cartel a scene of hunting in India and on the sides a curious historical and geographical mixture: a man in the Roman or Greek style is pointing to a native woman, surrounded by a woman with a turban dressed in the oriental style and another in medieval dress, under the gaze of a camel and a dog.
On the reverse, cherubs in a garden of flowers
Good general condition (missing a fold on the left, restoration to a guard)
H : 27 cm
On the reverse, cherubs in a garden of flowers
Good general condition (missing a fold on the left, restoration to a guard)
H : 27 cm
