Pleated fan, Gilded parchment leaf painted with gouache, ivory sticks carved à jour, carved and pierced ivory guards overlaid with gold foil, ivory button at rivet, Pleated fan. Gilded parchment leaf painted with gouache. Obverse: classical scene illustrating the sacrifice of Iphigenia showing a sorrowing warrior at left; at center, a sacrificial altar to which the aged priest Colchas leads the weeping Iphigenia, while above in the clouds are Artemis with a deer; at right, a warrior and two female figures, watching the heavenly apparition. Narrow, gilded borders of abstract design

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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