Jewels for Rebecca, ca. 1750
Folded fan, the skin sheet, mounted in English, and painted with gouache of Eliezer offering jewelry to Rebecca. Camels loaded with packages evoke the journey.
On the reverse, two ravens join St. Paul the hermit to feed him, according to the biblical story.
Mounted in white mother-of-pearl, finely pierced, engraved in mirror image of a hunter and a couple of musicians in a rural setting.
Reverse side engraved with the same motifs.
H.t. 26 cm - H.f. 12,7 cm (wear, restoration of several strands)
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