L'oracle, France, circa 1900. - Lot 123

Lot n° 123
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L'oracle, France, circa 1900. - Lot 123
L'oracle, France, circa 1900. Folded fan, cream silk leaf, lined with paper, engraved and painted in the 18th century style. Two lovers dominate an oracle used to predict the future. On each side, five numbered lists of gods are associated with ten questions, including "Whether one will be rich", "Whether one will have any inheritance" and "What husband she will have". On the reverse, ten columns, placed under the aegis of the gods, give the answers to the questions on the face. Bone mount, engraved and gilded. (Wear.) Height 28.7 cm; leaf height 13.7 cm. In a yellow velvet-covered box. Expert : Georgina Letourmy-Bordier
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