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Postcard of Fan.
000-100-101-280-C
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Fan

Folding fan with double leaf of chicken skin, sticks and guards of carved and painted mother of pearl.

The leaf is painted with a scene showing Alexander the Great meeting Diogenes in his barrel. The guards are inlaid with gilded metal.


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Online ID: 000-100-101-280-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1996.357 A
Date: 1740
Material: Chicken skin. Inscription: F P Valori, Rome, 1740
Dimensions: 11.50"
What: Fan / fan case
Subject:
Who: Alexander
Diogenes
F.P. Valori, Rome, Italy (Maker)
Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
Where: Italy, Rome
Event:
Description: Fan of chicken skin leaf painted with Alexander and Diogenes, the reverse with villas and a landscape, in a case, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: Italian, Rome, by F.P. Valori, 1740
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