The Garden of Eden, Louis XV Fan
CultureFrench
MediumPainted skin, carved ivory mount
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/8 inches (28.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy through the Westport Fund
Object numberF59-53/2
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DescriptionSpines delicately carved in floral, figural, avian, and scroll forms, polychromed. Obverse: idyllic forest scene densely peopled with draped human figures; goat and dogs, far l., rabbits, far r.; sleeping bearded man with scythe in sky, top center. Reverse: spacious landscape with grazing sheep, l., ruins l. and center and a few figures, r.
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